箴言 27:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

讓外人誇獎你，不可自己誇獎自己；讓別人稱讚你，不可自己稱讚自己。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
要 别 人 夸 奖 你 ， 不 可 用 口 自 夸 ； 等 外 人 称 赞 你 ， 不 可 用 嘴 自 称 。

Contextual Overview

² Don't praise yourself. Let someone else do it. Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 25:27, 2 Corinthians 10:12, 2 Corinthians 10:18, 2 Corinthians 12:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:13 - I have performed 2 Samuel 15:4 - I would do 2 Kings 10:16 - Come with me Proverbs 20:6 - proclaim Proverbs 25:6 - Put not forth thyself John 5:31 - General 2 Corinthians 5:12 - we 2 Corinthians 11:30 - must

Cross-References

Genesis 47:29
When Israel knew he soon would die, he called his son Joseph to him and said to him, "If you love me, put your hand under my leg. Promise me you will not bury me in Egypt.

Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look at me; I am about to die. But God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your fathers.

1 Samuel 20:3
But David took an oath, saying, "Your father knows very well that you like me. He says to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know about it, or he will tell David.' As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I am only a step away from death!"

Proverbs 27:1
Don't brag about tomorrow; you don't know what may happen then.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Isaiah 38:1
At that time Hezekiah became very sick; he was almost dead. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, "This is what the Lord says: Make arrangements, because you are not going to live, but die."

Isaiah 38:3
" Lord , please remember that I have always obeyed you. I have given myself completely to you and have done what you said was right." Then Hezekiah cried loudly.

Mark 13:35
So always be ready, because you don't know when the owner of the house will come back. It might be in the evening, or at midnight, or in the morning while it is still dark, or when the sun rises.

James 4:14
But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth,.... Men should do those things which are praiseworthy; and should do them openly, that they may be seen and praised for them: for it is honourable to have such a character as Demetrius had, who had a good report of all men; and as the brother had, whose praise in the Gospel was in all the churches. To be commended by others, by any but a man's self, is to his credit and reputation; but nothing more hurtful to it than self-commendation; see 2 Corinthians 10:18; in some cases it is right for a man indeed to commend himself, when the glory of God, the credit of religion, the cause of truth and self-vindication, require it; as the prophet Samuel, the Apostle Paul, and others, have been obliged to do,

1 Samuel 12:3, c.

a stranger, and not thine own lips a stranger means any other than a man's self; and if it is one that he knows not, or has little acquaintance with; or if a foreigner, that does not personally know him, only has good testimonies of him, or has read his works; and especially if in other respects an enemy; it is greatly to his honour to be praised by him: and such a commendation comes with much better grace than from himself, and from whom indeed it would not come with any.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Another - An “alienus” rather than “alius.” Praise to be worth anything must be altogether independent.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth — We have a similar proverb, which illustrates this: "Self-praise is no commendation."