Proverbs 30:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.”
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“If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 30:32 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 21:5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
- Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
- Micah 7:16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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