33 Verses About Silence from 16 Books

1 Peter 2:15

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.

Acts 15:12

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

Acts 21:40

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord the LORD. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.

Deuteronomy 27:9

Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, "Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;



Additions to Esther 8:9

They will abolish the purpose that you with your mouth have ordained, and destroy your inheritance, and silence the mouth of those who praise you, and quench the glory of your house and of your altar,

Ezekiel 27:32

In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, [saying], Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

Isaiah 47:5

"Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

Isaiah 65:6

"Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 25:37

The peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:2

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.



Jeremiah 49:26

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says the LORD of Armies.

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says the LORD.

Job 4:16

It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

Job 29:21

"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

Job 31:34

because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--

Job 41:12

"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

Judges 3:19

But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret errand to you, king." The king said, "Keep silence!" All who stood by him went out from him.



Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have clothed themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

Matthew 22:34

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

Psalms 8:2

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Psalms 32:3

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

Psalms 39:2

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Psalms 62:5

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.



Psalms 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Psalms 94:17

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

Psalms 101:5

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

Psalms 115:17

The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

Revelation 8:1

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.





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