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Proverbs 30:32
If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
Proverbs 30:32 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 30:32 in other translations
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
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In context
29 There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:
30 The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;
31 The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.
32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
33 The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
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