“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 30:32 in context
Proverbs 30:29–33
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“There are three things which are stately in their march,
four which are stately in going:
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The lion, which is mightiest among animals,
and doesn’t turn away for any;
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the greyhound;
the male goat;
and the king against whom there is no rising up.
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Selected verse
“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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For as the churning of milk produces butter,
and the wringing of the nose produces blood,
so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
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