Proverbs 30:32

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool is considered wise if they keep silent, and discerning when they shut their lips.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Do not be quick to leave the king’s presence, and do not insist on an evil matter, for the king will do whatever he pleases. 4 Since the king’s word has authority, who can question him, saying, 'What are you doing?'
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 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. 17 They will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds; they will dread the LORD our God and stand in awe of You.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:9-10
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    9Leaders refrained from speaking and laid their hands on their mouths.

    10The voices of nobles quieted, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 30:31
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    31a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Ps 31:18
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    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.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool is considered wise if they keep silent, and discerning when they shut their lips.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Job 31:27
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    27and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,

  • Job 13:5
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    5If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.

  • Lam 3:29
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    29Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • Job 40:4
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    4Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
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    33But if not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.

  • Job 34:16
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    16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • Job 11:3
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    3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards their mouth and tongue keeps themselves from troubles.

  • Ps 75:5
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    5I said to the arrogant, ‘Do not boast’; and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.’

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • Prov 26:15
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    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Dreams come from too much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by many words.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

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

  • Job 11:13
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    13If you would set your heart right and stretch out your hands toward Him,

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become like him yourself.

  • Ps 50:21
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    21These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10Lest the one who hears it brings shame upon you, and your slander is not retracted.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have come into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your case with your neighbor.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.