Judges 18:19

American Standard Version 2015

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

Cross References

Job 29:9

The princes refrained from talking,\par\tab And laid their hand on their mouth;

Job 21:5

Mark me, and be astonished,\par\tab And lay your hand upon your mouth.

Judges 17:10

And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

Micah 7:16

The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

Proverbs 30:32

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,\par\tab Or if thou hast thought evil,\par\tab Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

Matthew 23:9

And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, the heavenly {\i one}.

2 Kings 13:14

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

2 Kings 6:21

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

Judges 18:18

And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye?

Judges 18:20

And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.