Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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?
Lay thine
Bible References
Lay thine
Job 21:5 Look at me and shudder;
put your hand over your mouth.
put your hand over your mouth.
Job 29:9 City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.
and covered their mouths with their hands.
Job 40:4 I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.
I place my hand over my mouth.
Proverbs 30:32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.
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.
of
They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.
A father
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
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
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!”
Matthew 23:9 Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.