Job 29:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:6 : 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.

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  • Job 29:8-9
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    89%

    8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.

    9The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.

  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

    22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15¶ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

    16When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)

  • Ezek 3:26
    73%

    26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Isa 36:21
    72%

    21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Job 13:5
    72%

    5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    71%

    36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Prov 17:28
    71%

    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

  • Mic 7:16
    71%

    16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

  • Dan 10:15
    70%

    15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  • Ps 39:9
    69%

    9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

  • Ps 73:9
    69%

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

    14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

  • Ps 32:3
    69%

    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

  • Ps 59:7
    69%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

  • Jer 38:27
    69%

    27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • Ps 135:17
    68%

    17They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
    68%

    5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
    68%

    11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Hab 2:20
    68%

    20But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  • Ps 17:10
    68%

    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

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

  • Prov 10:19
    68%

    19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • Job 29:11
    68%

    11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:

  • Prov 16:10
    68%

    10¶ A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

  • Prov 16:13
    68%

    13¶ Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

  • Job 33:31
    68%

    31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

  • Amos 5:13
    67%

    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.

  • Isa 32:4
    67%

    4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

  • Isa 29:10
    67%

    10For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

  • Ps 140:9
    67%

    9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Neh 8:11
    67%

    11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.

  • Ps 59:12
    67%

    12[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

  • Ps 63:11
    67%

    11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

  • Ps 37:30
    67%

    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

  • Prov 31:8
    67%

    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    67%

    30If [any thing] be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

  • Ps 109:1
    66%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

  • Ezek 33:22
    66%

    22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

  • Job 37:20
    66%

    20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Prov 14:3
    66%

    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.