Proverbs 30:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'
  • 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 you.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:9-10
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    75%

    9The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths.

    10The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
    75%

    5Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 30:31
    74%

    31A greyhound, a male goat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

  • Prov 29:11
    73%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your 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 holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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

  • Ps 50:19
    72%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Job 31:27
    72%

    27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

  • Job 13:5
    72%

    5Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.

  • Lam 3:29
    72%

    29He puts his mouth in the dust, there may yet be hope.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Eccl 5:6
    72%

    6Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the angel that it was an error; why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Job 15:13
    72%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 40:4
    72%

    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
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    33If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Job 11:3
    71%

    3Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

  • Job 15:5-6
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    71%

    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Ps 75:5
    71%

    5Do not lift your horn on high; do not speak with a stiff neck.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 26:15
    71%

    15The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
    71%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

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

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Job 11:13
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    13If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward Him;

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

  • Ps 50:21
    70%

    21These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.

  • Eccl 4:5
    70%

    5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

  • Prov 16:23
    70%

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

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

  • Prov 19:24
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    24A slothful man hides 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 who hears it put you to shame, and your infamy not be turned away.

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

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Prov 6:3
    70%

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.