Proverbs 27:2

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Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack understanding.

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    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.

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    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

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    7Eloquent speech is not fitting for a fool; how much less deceitful speech for a ruler!

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    6Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

    7For it is better to be told, 'Come up here,' than to be humiliated in the presence of a nobleman whom your eyes have seen.

    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

    9Debate your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another’s secret.

    10Lest the one who hears it brings shame upon you, and your slander is not retracted.

  • Prov 24:28
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    28Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If you have acted foolishly by exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 5:9-10
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    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

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  • Prov 25:27
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    27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • 2 Cor 10:17-18
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    17But, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'

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  • Prov 14:3
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    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Eccl 10:12
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  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

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  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

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    3'Do not keep speaking so arrogantly or let proud words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.'

  • Prov 4:24
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