Proverbs 30:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste– do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases. 4 Surely the king’s authority is absolute; no one can say to him,“What are you doing?”
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf. 17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the LORD our God; they will be terrified of you.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:9-10
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    9the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

    10the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 30:31
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    31a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Job 31:27
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    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

  • Job 13:5
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    5If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

  • Lam 3:29
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    29Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Eccl 5:6
    72%

    6Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

  • Job 15:13
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    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Job 40:4
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    4“Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

  • Job 33:33
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    33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

  • Job 34:16
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    16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

  • Job 11:3
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    3Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

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

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

    12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Ps 75:5
    71%

    5Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Prov 26:15
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    15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 23:9
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    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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    2(5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter 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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    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Job 11:13
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    13“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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

  • Ps 50:21
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    21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

  • Prov 25:10
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    10lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.