Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolishly boasting about yourself, or if you've been planning to do something wrong, stop and put your hand over your mouth.

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In The King James Version

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

In Context

31The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army.

33Just as churning milk produces butter, and twisting someone's nose makes it bleed, so stirring up anger causes arguments.

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Cross References

Job 40:4“Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.

Proverbs 26:12Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!

Micah 7:16The nations will see, and they will be humiliated despite their strength. They will cover their mouths with their hands, and their ears shall become deaf.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:30-33

Four Things Majestic and Stately. 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: 30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth… Read the whole commentary →

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