Verse 32

If you have acted foolishly by exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool is considered wise if they keep silent, and discerning when they shut their lips.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Do not be quick to leave the king’s presence, and do not insist on an evil matter, for the king will do whatever he pleases. 4 Since the king’s word has authority, who can question him, saying, 'What are you doing?'
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf. 17 They will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds; they will dread the LORD our God and stand in awe of You.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.