Text: Proverbs 27:2 (ESV)

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

LET ANOTHER PRAISE YOU

It is wrong to brag about things we have not yet accomplished (see v.1). However, it is equally wrong to brag about things we have accomplished. Arrogance is always wrong. Pride is a grievous sin. This is an imagery of someone flaunting with an inflated sense of one's own greatness. Even if the statements are true, ‘blowing one’s horn’ doesn't look good to others. The better option is to let others speak well of you. It seems more like sincere praise and less like bragging.

In the book of Daniel chapter 4, we learn that King Nebuchadnezzar foolishly bragged about his past victories. He was walking on the palace roof and viewing the city of Babylon when he sang his own praises. He boasted: "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?" (Dan 4:30). Before he was even done speaking, a heavenly voice declared his impending humiliation. That humiliation would include insanity, wallowing with animals, and eating grass. For seven years Nebuchadnezzar endured this until he fully understood "that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will" (Daniel 4:31–34).

In the New Testament, the proud Herod robbed the glory of God and suffered the painful consequence also. “On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.” [Acts 12:20-23]. Indeed, pride comes before a fall.

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