Job 21:5

“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.

Judges 18:19

They said to him, “Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come 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 to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

Job 29:9

“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 2:12

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

Job 17:8

“The upright will be appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

Job 19:20-21

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 39:9

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

Proverbs 30:32

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

Amos 5:13

Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.

Micah 7:16

Nations will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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