Judges 18:19

Modern King James Version

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?

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

And Elisha had fallen sick with his illness in which he died. And Jehoash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face. And he said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it!

2 Kings 6:21

And when he saw them, the king of Israel said to Elisha, My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?

Job 21:5

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

Job 29:9

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

Proverbs 30:32

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

Micah 7:16

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

Matthew 23:9

And call no one your father on the earth, for One is your Father in Heaven.

Judges 17:10

And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.

Judges 18:18

And these went into Micah's house and brought out the carved image, the ephod, and the household gods, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What are you doing?

Judges 18:20

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