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" Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. "
A Complete Collection of English Proverbs:: Also the Most Celebrated ... - Page 90
1817 - 308 pages
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The Christian institutes, or, The sincere word of God, a plain account of ...

Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...glorieth, let him glory in the Lord; ferving the Lord with all Humility of Mind. c Let another Man praife thee, and not thine own Mouth ; a Stranger , and not thine own Lips. 4 For Men to fearch their own Glory, is not Glory. . e Who maketh thee to differ from another ? and...
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A Continuation of the Account of the Ministers, Lecturers, Masters and ...

Edmund Calamy - Church and state - 1727 - 680 pages
...fticb Language is mt eafily to be reconciled with Solomon'* wife Admonition, let another Man praife thee, and not thine own Mouth,- a Stranger and not thine own Lips ; yet when Perfons have fo long continued the Ufc of any Phrafe, or partilar Sort of ExpreJJion, as...
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Six dissertations: The testimonies of Josephus ... vindicated. The ..., Volume 6

William Whiston - Bible - 1734 - 366 pages
...Meeknefs does by no Means, to be fure, look like Mofes's own writing. Let another Man fraife tbee, and not thine own Mouth; a Stranger, and not thine own Lips. Prov. xxvii. 2. is an undoubted Maxim of Wifdom in Solomon ; and not likely to be tranfgrefs'd by Mofes,...
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The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation: In Two Parts. Viz ...

John Ray - Fossils - 1735 - 428 pages
...contrary to that Humility and Modefty that ought to be in us, Prov. xxvii. 2. Let ahother Man praife thee, and not thine own Mouth -, a Stranger, and not thine own Lips. And Moralifts proceed fo far as to cenfure all unnecefiary that is, talking of a Man's felf. Fourthly,...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...an.4 before honour is humility. Surely he scorneth the scorners : but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. It is not good to eat much honey ; so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Put not forth...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...may render fruitless ail thy designs and ex3 flectations ; death, or a thousand accidents, may do it. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips ; to praise thyself is indecent and imprudent ; it disposes others to undervalue thee, and defraud...
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A Scripture Account of the Faith and Practice of Christians: Consisting of ...

Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...whose glory is their shame. James iii. 14. Glory not, and lie not against the truth. Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger and not thine own lips. Ch. xxv. 27. 2 Cor. xii. 5. HOASTI\'G. LIV. Jirantiiiff. 1 Kings xx. 11. Let not him that girtleth...
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The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and ..., Volume 10

Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 pages
...their goodness : but // is not good to eat much honey, so to search their own glory is not glory : Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger , and not thine own lips. This overweening is commonly incident to great men. The rich man is wise in his own conceit ; but the...
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The works of ... Ezekiel Hopkins, arranged and revised, with a ..., Volume 1

Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...so sweet and pleasing a theme, as a mail's own praise. Take the advice of Solomon : Prov. xxvii. 2. -Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. ii. There is a SINFUL FLATTERING OF OTHERS : and that, either by .an immoderate extolling of their...
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A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha: Genesis to ...

Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...thy designs, and frustrate all thy expectations, which thou hast for to-morrow. See Arg, [a] Ver. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips.] Be not so blinded with self-love as to praise thyself, which is both indecent and imprudent j for others...
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