Job 29:9
"The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth."
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- Job 21:5
"Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth."
Read in chapter → - Job 40:4
"Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:19
"In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise."
Read in chapter → - James 1:19
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 30:32
"If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth."
Read in chapter → - Judges 18:19
"And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?"
Read in chapter → - Job 4:2
"If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?"
Read in chapter → - Job 7:11
"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."
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