Cross references

Job 29:9

The princes refrained from speaking

and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 29:9 BSB

Job 29:9 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 21:5 (7 votes) and Job 40:4 (4 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Deuteronomy 25 to James 1.

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Which verses does Job 29:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 21:57 votes

    Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

  2. Job 40:44 votes

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  3. When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  4. If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  5. James 1:193 votes

    My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  6. “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

  7. Job 4:22 votes

    “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

  8. Job 7:112 votes

    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Which verses point to Job 29:9?

The 10 strongest of 24.