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Proverbs 27:2
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Proverbs 27:2
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine owne mouth; a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 27:2
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
One more; an additional or different person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Approval, honour, or commendation expressed in words or song; also to commend, extol, or glorify.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
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Open the full verse study27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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Open the full verse study12For 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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Open the full verse study11I 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.
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