Proverbs 30:32

American Standard Version (1901)

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy 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 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 29:9-10
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    9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

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

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

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 30:31
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    31The greyhound; The he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

  • Prov 29:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Job 31:27
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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • Job 13:5
    72%

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

  • Lam 3:29
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    29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

  • Job 15:13
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    13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • Job 40:4
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    4Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
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    33If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Job 11:3
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    3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

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

  • Ps 75:5
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    5Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Prov 26:15
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    15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

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

  • Job 11:13
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    13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

  • Ps 50:21
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    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.