Proverbs 27:2
New Living Translation
2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
a stranger, not your own lips.
2 Corinthians 10:18
New Living Translation
18 When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.
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Proverbs 25:27
New Living Translation
27 It’s not good to eat too much honey,
and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.
2 Corinthians 10:12
New Living Translation
12 Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!
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2 Corinthians 12:11
New Living Translation
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.
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