Proverbs 30:32
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32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
Job 21:5
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5 Look at me and be astonished;
(A)Put your hand over your mouth.
Romans 3:19
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19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that (B)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become [a]guilty before God.
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- Romans 3:19 accountable
Micah 7:16-17
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16 The nations (A)shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(B)They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the (C)dust like a serpent;
(D)They shall crawl from their holes like [a]snakes of the earth.
(E)They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
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- Micah 7:17 Lit. crawlers
Proverbs 26:12
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12 (A)Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Job 40:4
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Ecclesiastes 8:3-4
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3 (A)Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.”
4 Where the word of a king is, there is power;
And (B)who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
Proverbs 17:28
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28 (A)Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.
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