Proverbs 27:2

² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.

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1 Clement 30:5–7

⁵ Blessed is the offspring of a woman that liveth but a short time. Be not thou abundant in words . (1CL) ⁶ Let our praise be with God, and not of ourselves: for God hateth them that praise themselves. (1CL) ⁷ Let the testimony to our well doing be given by others, as it was giv… (1CL)

Sirach 27:6–8

⁶ The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart. (WEB) ⁷ Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested. (WEB) ⁸ If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it, and put it on like a long robe… (WEB)

2 Corinthians 10:17–18

¹⁷ Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.” ¹⁸ For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Sirach 15:8–10

⁸ She is far from pride. Liars will not remember her. (WEB) ⁹ Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner; for it was not sent to him from the Lord. (WEB) ¹⁰ For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it. (WEB)

Job 15:5–7

⁵ For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. ⁶ Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you. ⁷ Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

Sirach 7:4–6

⁴ Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king. (WEB) ⁵ Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king. (WEB) ⁶ Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps yo… (WEB)

Psalms 75:4–6

⁴ I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. ⁵ Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’” ⁶ For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

Galatians 6:3–5

³ If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴ Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else. ⁵ For each one should carry his own load.

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