Job 29:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

the princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;

Cross References

Job 21:5

Look at me, and be appalled, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on 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.

Job 4:2

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Judges 18:19

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

Job 29:8

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;

Job 29:21

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