Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Refrained
Bible References
Refrained
Job 4:2
"If we begin to commune with thee, peradventure thou wilt be discontent; but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.
Proverbs 10:19
Where much babbling is, there must needs be offense; he that refraineth his lips is wisest of all.
James 1:19
Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.
Laid
Job 21:5
Mark me well, and be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 40:4
"Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Judges 18:19
And they answered him, "Hold thy peace, and put thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be unto us a father and a priest. Whether is it better for thee to be a priest? Unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe or a kindred in Israel?"
Proverbs 30:32
If thou be so foolish to magnify thyself, or meddlest with any such thing, then lay thine hand upon thy mouth.