 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...that 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... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - Church and state - 1727 - 680 pages
...For though 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...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... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 pages
...// 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... | |
 | Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...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... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 480 pages
...answer; they Khali seek me early, but they shall not find me. No. V. Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. I Cor. xv. 10. 2 Cor. xii. 11. / labored more abundantly than they all. In nothing am I behind the... | |
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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 
