Holy Scripture
Proverbs 27:2
A church father on this verse
“Amidst the details of that melancholy history we should be forced to make mention of ourselves; and if we did anything in those struggles for our religion that redounds to our honour in the telling, Wisdom commands us to leave it to others to tell. "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;" and it is this…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2Let thy neighbor, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
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In context
1Boast not of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what the next day shall bring forth.
— Proverbs 27:2 —
3A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.
4Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: But envy can bear nothing.