Proverbs 30:32

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy 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 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 ¶ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 29:9-10
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    9The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.

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

  • Job 21:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 30:31
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    31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.

  • Prov 29:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2¶ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Ps 31:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Job 31:27
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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • Job 13:5
    72%

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

  • Lam 3:29
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    29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Job 15:13
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    13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

  • Job 40:4
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    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
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    33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

  • Job 34:16
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    16¶ If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Job 11:3
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    3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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

  • Ps 75:5
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    5Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Prov 26:15
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    15¶ The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    70%

    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

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

  • Job 11:13
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    13¶ If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

  • Prov 25:8
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    8¶ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

  • Ps 50:21
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    21These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

  • Eccl 4:5
    70%

    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

    20¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

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

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.