Psalms 39:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

I was silent, and did not open my mouth, because you did it.

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  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so?
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seems good to him.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
  • Ps 38:13 : 13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 39:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.

    2I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

    3My heart burned within me, while I was musing, the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue,

  • Ps 38:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

    14Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no responses.

    15For in you, O LORD, do I hope; you will hear, O Lord my God.

  • Ps 39:10
    77%

    10Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand.

  • Ps 39:8
    76%

    8Deliver me from all my transgressions: do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

  • Prov 31:8
    73%

    8Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

  • Isa 50:5
    72%

    5The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away back.

  • Ps 73:22
    72%

    22So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

  • Ps 50:21
    72%

    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.

  • Job 40:4
    71%

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

  • Isa 38:15
    71%

    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 13:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

    20Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from you.

  • Dan 10:15
    71%

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

  • Isa 53:7
    71%

    7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he does not open his mouth.

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.

  • Ezek 33:22
    70%

    22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, before the one who had escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

  • Job 33:2
    70%

    2Behold, now I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

  • Ps 51:15
    70%

    15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.

  • Job 33:8
    70%

    8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

  • Job 42:3
    70%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

  • Ps 32:3
    70%

    3When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long.

  • Prov 30:32
    69%

    32If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.

  • Ps 109:1
    69%

    1Do not remain silent, O God of my praise;

  • Ps 31:14
    69%

    14But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

  • Job 29:9-11
    3 verses
    69%

    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.

    11When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

  • Job 6:24
    69%

    24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Job 10:7
    69%

    7You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Your hand.

  • Ps 109:27
    69%

    27That they may know that this is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.

  • Ps 69:5
    69%

    5O God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you.

  • Job 9:35
    69%

    35Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

  • Jer 11:19
    69%

    19But I was like a gentle lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.

  • Job 31:34
    69%

    34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silent and went not out of the door?

  • Ezek 16:63
    69%

    63That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 3:26
    68%

    26And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

  • Job 21:5
    68%

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

  • Lam 3:28
    68%

    28He sits alone and keeps silent, because He has laid it on him.

  • Ps 116:10
    68%

    10I believed, therefore I have spoken: I was greatly afflicted.

  • Ps 77:4
    68%

    4You hold my eyes wide awake: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

  • Job 15:6
    68%

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

  • Job 13:13
    68%

    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

  • Job 9:28
    68%

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

  • Job 33:31
    68%

    31Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

  • Job 32:14
    68%

    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 31:23
    68%

    23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure.