Judges 18:19

And they said to him, Be quiet, lay your hand on your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

Judges 17:10

And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.

Job 21:5

Turn to me and be amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth.

Job 29:9

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Micah 7:16

The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might; they shall lay their hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.

2 Kings 6:21

And when he saw them, the king of Israel said to Elisha, My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?

2 Kings 8:8-9

And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and ask of Jehovah by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

2 Kings 13:14

And Elisha had fallen sick with his illness in which he died. And Jehoash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face. And he said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it!

Job 40:4-5

Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.

Matthew 23:9

And call no one your father on the earth, for One is your Father in Heaven.

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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 amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth.
Job 29:9
The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.
Proverbs 30:32
If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.
Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might; they shall lay their hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

A father

Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.
2 Kings 6:21
And when he saw them, the king of Israel said to Elisha, My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?
2 Kings 8:8
And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and ask of Jehovah by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
2 Kings 13:14
And Elisha had fallen sick with his illness in which he died. And Jehoash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face. And he said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it!
Matthew 23:9
And call no one your father on the earth, for One is your Father in Heaven.