The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
If we venture to converse with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
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.
In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
And they said unto him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?