Job 21:5

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

Judges 18:19

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

Job 29:9

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

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 2:12

When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].

Job 17:8

“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

Job 19:20-21

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

Psalm 39:9

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

Proverbs 30:32

If you have foolishly exalted yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

Amos 5:13

Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].

Micah 7:16

The [pagan] nations shall see [God’s omnipotence in delivering Israel] and be ashamed
Of all their might [which cannot be compared to His].
They shall put their hand on their mouth [in silent astonishment];
Their ears shall be deaf.

Romans 11:33

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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