Judges 18:19

And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"

Judges 17:10

And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in.

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

Job 29:9

the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;

Micah 7:16

The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

2 Kings 6:21

As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?"

2 Kings 8:8-9

the king said to Hazael, "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'"

2 Kings 13:14

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"

Job 40:4-5

"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

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Summary

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

Bible References

Lay thine

Job 21:5
Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.
Job 29:9
the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;
Job 40:4
"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Proverbs 30:32
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

A father

Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in.
2 Kings 6:21
As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?"
2 Kings 8:8
the king said to Hazael, "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'"
2 Kings 13:14
Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"

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