Job 29:9

Modern King James Version

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Cross References

Job 21:5

Turn to me and be amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth.

Job 29:21

They listened to me, and waited, and kept silent at my counsel.

Job 29:8

The young men saw me and hid themselves; and the aged arose and stood up.

Job 4:2

Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?

Job 40:4

Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not hold my mouth; I will speak in the trouble of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking; but he who holds back his lips is wise.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.

James 1:19

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Judges 18:19

And they said to him, Be quiet, lay your hand on 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?