Job 29:9
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9 the nobles refrained from talking
and laid their hands on their mouths;(A)
Job 21:5
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5 Look at me and be appalled,
and lay your hand upon your mouth.(A)
James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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Proverbs 30:32
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32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
put your hand on your mouth.(A)
Proverbs 10:19
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19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech.(A)
Job 40:4
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4 “See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.(A)
Job 7:11
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11 “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.(A)
Job 4:2
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2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended?
But who can keep from speaking?(A)
Judges 18:19
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19 They said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand over your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one person or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”(A)
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