Job 29:9

New King James Version

The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;

Cross References

Job 21:5

Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

Job 29:21

“Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

Job 29:8

The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;

Job 4:2

“If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.

Job 7:11

“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.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.

James 1:19

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Judges 18:19

And they said to him, “Be quiet, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us; be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the household of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”