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Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Proverbs 30:32 · King James Version
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Proverbs 30:32 in other translations
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.
"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 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 strife.
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