Judges 18:19

And they said to him, "Keep quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better being a priest for a house of one man or being a priest for 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 to you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your food." So the Levite went [with him].

Job 21:5

Turn to me and be appalled, and place [your] hand on [your] mouth.

Job 29:9

Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.

Micah 7:16

The nations will see and be ashamed because of all their might. They will lay [the] hand on [the] mouth; their ears will be deaf.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish by exalting yourself, and if you have devised evil, [put your] hand to [your] mouth.

2 Kings 6:21

Then the king of Israel said to Elisha when he saw them, "Shall I kill them? Shall I kill, my father?"

2 Kings 8:8-9

Then the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand and go meet the man of God. Inquire of Yahweh from him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this illness?'"

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha became ill with the illness with which he would die, so Jehoash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, and said, "My father, my father; the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!"

Job 40:4-5

"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Matthew 23:9

And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

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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
Turn to me and be appalled, and place [your] hand on [your] mouth.
Job 29:9
Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.
Job 40:4
"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Proverbs 30:32
If you have been foolish by exalting yourself, and if you have devised evil, [put your] hand to [your] mouth.
Micah 7:16
The nations will see and be ashamed because of all their might. They will lay [the] hand on [the] mouth; their ears will 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 to you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your food." So the Levite went [with him].
2 Kings 6:21
Then the king of Israel said to Elisha when he saw them, "Shall I kill them? Shall I kill, my father?"
2 Kings 8:8
Then the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand and go meet the man of God. Inquire of Yahweh from him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this illness?'"
2 Kings 13:14
Elisha became ill with the illness with which he would die, so Jehoash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, and said, "My father, my father; the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!"
Matthew 23:9
And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.