Proverbs 30:32

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Job 21:5

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

Job 40:4

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

Proverbs 17:28

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 30:31

the strutting cock, the he-goat, and a king striding before his people.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.