Verse 9

the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

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 10:19 : 19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
• Prov 30:32 : 32 If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
• Judg 18:19 : 19 They said to him,“Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
• Job 4:2 : 2 “If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
• Job 7:11 : 11 Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.