Proverbs 30:32 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³²If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Proverbs 30:32 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Micah 7:16-17
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. …
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 29-33)

Here is, I. An enumeration of four things which are majestic and stately in their going, which look great:—1. A lion, the king of beasts, because strongest among beasts. Among beasts it is strength that gives the pre-eminence, but it is a pity that it should do so among men, whose wisdom is their honour, not their strength and force. The lion turns not away, nor alters his pace, for fear of any pu…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 32)

32. As none can hope, successfully, to resist such a king, suppress even the thought of an attempt. lay ... hand upon thy mouth--“lay” is well supplied (Jud 18:19; Job 29:9; 40:4).