Proverbs 30:32 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 30:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:29-33: Here is, I. An enumeration of four things which are majestic and stately in their going, which look great: - 1. A lion, the king of beasts, because strongest among beasts. Among beasts it is strength that gives the pre-eminence, but it is a pity that it should do so among men, whose wisdom is their honour, not their strength and force.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 30:32: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,.... Against a king, against whom there is no rising up; by speaking evil of him, or rebelling against him; which is acting a foolish part, since it brings a man into troubles and difficulties inextricable; or by self-commendation, which is the height of folly, and the fruit of pride; or carried it in such a haughty...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 30:32: As none can hope, successfully, to resist such a king, suppress even the thought of an attempt. lay . . . hand upon thy mouth--"lay" is well supplied (Jdg 18:19; Job 29:9; Job 40:4).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 30:32: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth. (p) Make a stay and continue not in doing evil.