34 Bible Verses about Curbing Speech

Keep silent and let me speak! Then let come to me what may.

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me! Be silent, and I will speak.

But if not, then listen to me. Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.

Look at me, and be appalled, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.

Sit silently and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans. You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

O Jehovah, I have called on you, so do not let me be put to shame. Let wicked people be put to shame. Let them be silent in the grave.

Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.

You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

Do not be in a hurry to talk. Do not be eager to speak in the presence of God. Since God is in heaven and you are on earth, limit the number of your words.

Be silent before the Sovereign Lord Jehovah! For the day of Jehovah is near! Jehovah has prepared a sacrifice. He has sanctified His guests.

Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel. They said: Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for Jehovah your God.

But Ehud turned back at the carved stones near Gilgal, went back to Eglon, and said: Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you. So the king ordered his servants: Leave us alone! Then they all went out.

They told him: Be quiet. Do not say a word. Come with us and be our priest and adviser. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

When a man's uncle takes the body to be burned and brings the bones out of the house he will say to the innermost parts of the house: 'Is there yet any one here?' And he will say, 'No.' Then he will say: 'Hold your peace. We may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.'

The songs of the Temple will be weeping in that day, said the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many. They will observe silence in every place.

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah, for he is aroused out of his holy dwelling.

Joshua commanded the people, saying: You will not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither will any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout. Then you will shout.

The Danites responded: Do not say anymore or these men will get angry and attack you. You and your whole family would die.

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Why do you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion).

I will not dare to speak of any of those things that Christ has not accomplished through me. I will lead the nations to obey God in word and deed.

In like manner, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands. Even if your husband does not obey God's word, he may be won without a word by observing the way you live.

But if there is no interpreter, let the speaker keep silence in the congregation and speak to himself and to God.

If there is a revelation to another while sitting there, let the others keep quiet.

I do not permit a woman to teach or have dominion over a man, but to remain quiet.

Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection.

Teach me, and I will be quiet. Show me where I have been wrong.

I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth.

Listen to everything Jehovah has said to you. Do not pray to other gods! Do not even mention their names.

Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among holy ones.

For the things that are done by them in secret is a shame even to speak about.