Proverbs 30:32

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
  • 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 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him, 4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf. 17 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:9-10
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    75%

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

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

  • Job 21:5
    75%

    5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 30:31
    74%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Ps 31:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:28
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    28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33 For as 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
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    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Job 31:27
    72%

    27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

  • Job 13:5
    72%

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

  • Lam 3:29
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    29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Job 15:13
    72%

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

  • Job 40:4
    72%

    4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
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    33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."

  • Job 34:16
    71%

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

  • Job 11:3
    71%

    3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

  • Job 15:5-6
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    71%

    5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

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

  • Ps 75:5
    71%

    5 Don't lift up your horn on high. Don't speak with a stiff neck."

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

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

  • Prov 26:15
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    15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

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

  • Job 11:13
    70%

    13 "If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Prov 26:4
    70%

    4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

  • Ps 50:21
    70%

    21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

  • Prov 16:23
    70%

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

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

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

  • Prov 19:24
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    24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10 lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

  • Prov 10:14
    70%

    14 Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

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

  • Prov 6:3
    70%

    3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

  • Prov 22:18
    70%

    18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.