Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Amos 5:13
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Genesis 37:29
Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
Genesis 37:34
Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 44:18
Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
Genesis 44:34
For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me? -- lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
1 Samuel 19:4-5
Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, "Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;
1 Samuel 25:24-44
She fell at his feet, and said, "On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.
2 Samuel 3:31
David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
1 Kings 21:27
It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
2 Kings 5:7
It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me."
2 Kings 6:30
It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.
Esther 4:13-14
Then Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, "Don't think to yourself that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the Jews.
Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."
Job 2:13
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 32:4-22
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
Psalm 39:2
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
Proverbs 24:11-12
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
Isaiah 36:21
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."
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 Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
Jeremiah 36:24
They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
Lamentations 3:28
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
Joel 2:13
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Amos 8:3
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
Micah 7:5
Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
Luke 19:37-40
As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
Acts 4:20
for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
Acts 9:39
Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.