If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ear
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.