Job 40:4
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4 “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?
I will cover my mouth with my hand.
Proverbs 30:32
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32 If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
cover your mouth in shame.
Job 29:9
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9 The princes stood in silence
and put their hands over their mouths.
Job 21:5
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5 Look at me and be stunned.
Put your hand over your mouth in shock.
Job 42:6
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6 I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Luke 18:13
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13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’
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Isaiah 6:5
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5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
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Ezra 9:6
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6 I prayed,
“O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
Judges 18:19
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19 “Be quiet and come with us,” they said. “Be a father and priest to all of us. Isn’t it better to be a priest for an entire tribe and clan of Israel than for the household of just one man?”
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Genesis 32:10
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10 I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!
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Genesis 18:27
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27 Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.
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1 Timothy 1:15
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15 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.
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Luke 15:18-19
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18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
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