King James Version
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,(Job 40:1)
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.(Job 40:2)
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,(Job 40:3)
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.(Job 40:5)
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,(Job 40:6)
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.(Job 40:7)

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Job 40:4 - Cross Reference

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:6)
When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. (Luke 5:8)
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. (Psalm 39:9)
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! (Job 16:21)
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. (Micah 7:16)
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. (Proverbs 30:32)
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. (Isaiah 6:5)
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (Luke 18:13)
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. (Zechariah 2:13)
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Habakkuk 2:20)
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. (Job 23:4)
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. (Job 31:37)
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? (Judges 18:19)
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. (Job 29:9)
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, (Luke 15:18)
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: (Genesis 18:27)
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. (2 Samuel 24:10)
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: (Daniel 9:5)
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. (Job 9:31)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)
O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. (Daniel 9:7)
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. (Job 21:5)
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. (Ezra 9:15)
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psalm 51:4)
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. (Genesis 32:10)
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: (Nehemiah 9:33)
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. (Ezra 9:6)