Proverbs 30:32
“If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
In context
29 “There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing: 30 a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing; 31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.
32 “If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth! 33 For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 30:32 in the KJV
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 30:32 in the ESV
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.