Verse 2

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.