Job 29:10

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The voices of nobles quieted, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

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  • Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my greatest joy.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, 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 stepped aside, and the aged stood and rose to their feet.

    9Leaders refrained from speaking and laid their hands on their mouths.

  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21People listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.

    22After I spoke, they did not speak again, and my words fell gently upon them.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1For the director of music, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.

    2I said, 'I will guard my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.'

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have left them.

    16Should I wait, now that they are not speaking and they stand there without replying any longer?

  • Ezek 3:26
    73%

    26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.

  • Isa 36:21
    72%

    21But the people remained silent and did not answer him a word, because the king had commanded, 'Do not answer him.'

  • Job 13:5
    72%

    5If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    71%

    36But the people remained silent and did not answer him a word, because the king had commanded, ‘Do not answer him.’

  • Prov 17:28
    71%

    28Even a fool is considered wise if they keep silent, and discerning when they shut their lips.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32If you have acted foolishly by exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Mic 7:16
    71%

    16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

  • Dan 10:15
    70%

    15While he was speaking to me with these words, I bowed my face to the ground and became speechless.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 39:9
    69%

    9Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.

  • Ps 73:9
    69%

    9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to harm me speak of ruin and plot deception all day long.

    14But I am like a deaf man who does not hear, and like a mute man who cannot open his mouth.

  • Ps 32:3
    69%

    3When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

  • Ps 59:7
    69%

    7They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.

  • Jer 38:27
    69%

    27All the officials did come to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard the conversation.

  • Ps 135:17
    68%

    17They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
    68%

    5Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
    68%

    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Hab 2:20
    68%

    20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

  • Ps 17:10
    68%

    10They close up their hearts to compassion; they speak with arrogance.

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

    23Whoever guards their mouth and tongue keeps themselves from troubles.

  • Prov 10:19
    68%

    19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Job 29:11
    68%

    11For when the ear heard me, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw me, it gave testimony about me.

  • Prov 16:10
    68%

    10A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

  • Prov 16:13
    68%

    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love those who speak honestly.

  • Job 33:31
    68%

    31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

  • Amos 5:13
    67%

    13Therefore, the prudent person will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

  • Isa 32:4
    67%

    4The mind of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers will speak fluently and clearly.

  • Isa 29:10
    67%

    10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers.

  • Ps 140:9
    67%

    9Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • Neh 8:11
    67%

    11The Levites calmed all the people by saying, 'Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.'

  • Ps 59:12
    67%

    12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • Ps 63:11
    67%

    11They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; they will become the portion for jackals.

  • Ps 37:30
    67%

    30The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 31:8
    67%

    8Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    67%

    30If something is revealed to another sitting there, the first speaker should stop.

  • Ps 109:1
    66%

    1To the chief musician, a psalm of David, God of my praise, do not be silent.

  • Ezek 33:22
    66%

    22Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came, and He opened my mouth. So, when the fugitive arrived in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer silent.

  • Job 37:20
    66%

    20Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

  • Prov 14:3
    66%

    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.