Proverbs 30:32

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
  • Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth. 4 Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf. 17 They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:9-10
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    9Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

    10The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

  • Job 21:5
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    5Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Prov 30:31
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    31A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

  • Prov 30:33
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    33For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Job 31:27
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    27And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

  • Job 13:5
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    5O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

  • Lam 3:29
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    29He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

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    13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

  • Job 40:4
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    4Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

  • Job 33:33
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    33If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.

  • Job 34:16
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    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

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    3Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

  • Ps 75:5
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    5Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

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    15The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

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    9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

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    2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

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    13If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

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    8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

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    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

  • Ps 50:21
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    21These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

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    5The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool `is' near ruin.

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    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.