⁵ Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

⁴ Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁹ The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

¹⁹ And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

³² If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, `Lay' thy hand upon thy mouth.

³³ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

¹⁶ The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

¹³ Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

⁹ I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

²⁰ My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

²¹ Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

⁸ Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

¹² And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.