Judges 18:19

They told him, “Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut. Come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

Judges 17:10

Micah replied, “Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.” So the Levite went in

Job 21:5

Look at me and shudder;
put your hand over your mouth.

Job 29:9

City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.

Micah 7:16

Nations will see and be ashamed
of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.

2 Kings 6:21

When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, should I kill them? I will kill them.”

2 Kings 8:8-9

So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go meet the man of God. Inquire of the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 13:14

When Elisha became sick with the illness that he died from, Jehoash king of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

Job 40:4-5

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

Matthew 23:9

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

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