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.

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  • Job 29:8-9
    2 verses
    89%

    8 the young men saw me and stepped aside, and the aged stood and rose to their feet.

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

  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 18 O 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

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

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

  • 27 All 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 10 For 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 22 Now 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.

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

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