Job 29:10

World English Bible (2000)

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:8-9
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    8The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

    9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

  • Job 29:21-22
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    75%

    21"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

    22After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

    2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 32:15-16
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    74%

    15"They are amazed. They answer no more. They don't have a word to say.

    16Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

  • Ezek 3:26
    73%

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

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Isa 36:21
    72%

    21But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

  • Job 13:5
    72%

    5Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    71%

    36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

  • Prov 17:28
    71%

    28Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Mic 7:16
    71%

    16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

  • Dan 10:15
    70%

    15and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 39:9
    69%

    9I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    13But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

    14Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • Ps 32:3
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    3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

  • Ps 59:7
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    7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

  • Jer 38:27
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    27Then came all the princes to 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.

  • Ps 135:17
    68%

    17They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

  • Hab 2:20
    68%

    20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"

  • Ps 17:10
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    10They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

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    11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

  • Prov 16:10
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    10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Prov 16:13
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    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

  • Job 33:31
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    31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

  • Amos 5:13
    67%

    13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

  • Isa 32:4
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    4The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

  • Isa 29:10
    67%

    10For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Neh 8:11
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    11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."

  • Ps 59:12
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    12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Ps 63:11
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    11But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 31:8
    67%

    8Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
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    30But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.

  • Ps 109:1
    66%

    1God of my praise, don't remain silent,

  • Ezek 33:22
    66%

    22Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.

  • Job 37:20
    66%

    20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

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    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.