 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 Seiten
...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 - 1727 - 680 Seiten
...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 - 1734 - 366 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | John Ray - 1735 - 428 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1809 - 556 Seiten
...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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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 
