Proverbs 30:32

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Marke me well and be abashed, and lay your hande vpon your mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he. 4 Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 This shall the heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares. 17 They shal licke the dust like a serpente, and as the wormes of the earth that tremble in their holes: they shalbe afrayde of the Lorde our God, and they shall feare thee.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:9-10
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    75%

    9The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth:

    10The mightie kept still their voyce, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Marke me well and be abashed, and lay your hande vpon your mouth.

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 30:31
    74%

    31A grayhounde strong in the hynder partes, a ramme also, and a king against whom no man aryseth vp.

  • Prov 29:11
    73%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33Who so chirneth mylke bringeth foorth butter, and he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it bleede: Euen so he that forceth wrath, bringeth foorth strife.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Job 31:27
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    27Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

  • Job 13:5
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    5Woulde God ye kept your tongue, for then might ye be taken for wise men.

  • Lam 3:29
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    29He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.

  • Job 15:13
    72%

    13That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • Job 40:4
    72%

    4Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
    72%

    33If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:

  • Job 11:3
    71%

    3Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

    6Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee.

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Ps 75:5
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    5Set not vp your horne an high: and speake not with a stiffe necke.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 26:15
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    15The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into his bosome, and it greeueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Eccl 5:2
    71%

    2Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Prov 16:30
    71%

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

  • Job 11:13
    70%

    13If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.

  • Prov 26:4
    70%

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

  • Ps 50:21
    70%

    21These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue, thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art: but I wyll reproue thee, and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes all that thou hast done.

  • Eccl 4:5
    70%

    5The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp his owne fleshe.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome, and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Therfore my sonne do this, and thou shalt be discharged: When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger, go thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate thy creditour.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes: