Verse 2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.