Proverbs 27:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For hee that praiseth himselfe, is not alowed, but he whome the Lorde praiseth.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For wee dare not make our selues of the nomber, or to compare our selues to them, which praise themselues: but they vnderstand not that they measure themselues with themselues, and compare themselues with themselues.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:1
    82%

    1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • Job 15:6
    76%

    6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

  • Prov 17:7
    74%

    7 Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Prov 25:6-10
    5 verses
    74%

    6 Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

    7 For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

    8 Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

    9 Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,

    10 Least he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamie doe not cease.

  • Prov 24:28
    73%

    28 Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?

  • Prov 30:32
    73%

    32 If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

    10 Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

  • Prov 25:27
    73%

    27 It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

    9 Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • 2 Cor 10:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde.

    18 For hee that praiseth himselfe, is not alowed, but he whome the Lorde praiseth.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12 The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Eccl 5:2
    72%

    2 (5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • Mic 7:5
    72%

    5 Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3 Speake no more presumptuously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are established.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • Ps 75:5
    71%

    5 Lift not vp your horne on high, neither speake with a stiffe necke.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18 Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Ps 12:3
    71%

    3 The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

  • Prov 29:23
    71%

    23 The pride of a man shall bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory.

  • Prov 10:19
    71%

    19 In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Eccl 7:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 (7:23) Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

    22 (7:24) For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

  • Prov 25:17
    71%

    17 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

  • Prov 5:2
    71%

    2 That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Jer 9:23
    71%

    23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisedome, nor the strong man glorie in his strength, neyther the riche man glorie in his riches.

  • Prov 30:6
    71%

    6 Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.

  • Gal 6:4
    71%

    4 But let euery man prooue his owne worke: and then shal he haue reioycing in himselfe onely and not in another.

  • Prov 26:4
    71%

    4 Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5 That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1 Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23 A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 25:14
    70%

    14 A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

  • Job 11:3
    70%

    3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10 Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

  • Job 32:21
    70%

    21 I will not now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.

  • Eccl 5:6
    70%

    6 (5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

  • Prov 2:16
    70%

    16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

  • Prov 28:23
    70%

    23 He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.