Job 29:10

American Standard Version (1901)

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:8-9
    2 verses
    89%

    8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

    9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

    22After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1[For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David]. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

    16And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

  • Ezek 3:26
    73%

    26and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • Isa 36:21
    72%

    21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Job 13:5
    72%

    5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    71%

    36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Prov 17:28
    71%

    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

  • Mic 7:16
    71%

    16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

  • Dan 10:15
    70%

    15and when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • Ps 39:9
    69%

    9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

  • Ps 73:9
    69%

    9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • Ps 32:3
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    3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

  • Ps 59:7
    69%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?

  • Jer 38:27
    69%

    27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • Ps 135:17
    68%

    17They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
    68%

    5Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
    68%

    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • Hab 2:20
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    20But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  • Ps 17:10
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    10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 10:19
    68%

    19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

  • Job 29:11
    68%

    11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

  • Prov 16:10
    68%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

  • Prov 16:13
    68%

    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

  • Job 33:31
    68%

    31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

  • Amos 5:13
    67%

    13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

  • Isa 32:4
    67%

    4And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

  • Isa 29:10
    67%

    10For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Neh 8:11
    67%

    11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

  • Ps 59:12
    67%

    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Ps 63:11
    67%

    11But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

  • Ps 37:30
    67%

    30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

  • Prov 31:8
    67%

    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    67%

    30But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

  • Ps 109:1
    66%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

  • Ezek 33:22
    66%

    22Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

  • Job 37:20
    66%

    20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • Prov 14:3
    66%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.