Job 29:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Judg 18:19 : 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
  • Job 4:2 : 2 [If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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  • Job 29:8
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    8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.

  • Job 29:21-22
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    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.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.

  • Job 32:15-16
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    15¶ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

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  • Mic 7:16
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    16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    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.

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    27¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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

  • Jer 38:27
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    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.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Isa 36:21
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    21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Job 13:5
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    5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • Ps 39:9
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    9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

  • Prov 10:19
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    19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7¶ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    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 59:7
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

  • Lam 5:12
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    12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
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    30If [any thing] be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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

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    17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Hab 2:20
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    20But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

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  • Prov 16:10
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  • 1 Sam 25:9
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    9And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

  • Ezek 3:26
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    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.

  • Dan 10:15
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    15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

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

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    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.

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    29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

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    3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.