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?”

Judges 17:10

Micah then said to him, “Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance.” So the Levite went in.

Job 21:5

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

Job 29:9

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

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.

Proverbs 30:32

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

2 Kings 6:21

Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

2 Kings 8:8-9

The king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 13:14

When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

Job 40:4-5

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

Matthew 23:9

Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

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