Job 29:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Judg 18:19 : 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
  • Job 4:2 : 2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    10The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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

  • Job 29:21-22
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    21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

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

  • Job 21:5
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    5Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

  • Job 32:15-16
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    15They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

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  • Mic 7:16
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    16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    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.

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  • Prov 17:27-28
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    27He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

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  • Jer 38:27
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    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.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • Isa 36:21
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    21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Job 13:5
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    5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Ps 39:9
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    9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    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 59:7
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?

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    12Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
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    30But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

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

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    17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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

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    23Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

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

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    19A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

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    9And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

  • Ezek 3:26
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    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.

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

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

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    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.

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    29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

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    3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.