Proverbs 27:2
Let another man aise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
- 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
- 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
- 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
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7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a ince.
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6 Put not forth thyself in the esence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
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8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
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9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
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27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of ide: but the lips of the wise shall eserve them.
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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
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5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
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24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
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18 Let the lying li be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering li, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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23 A man's ide shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
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2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
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6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
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16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.