31 Bible Verses about Individuals Being Silent

And the man was astonished at her, remaining silent, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fields, and Jacob said nothing until they came.

And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen him, that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.

And Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be hallowed in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent.

And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.

For, as Jehovah liveth, who has saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall certainly die. And no one answered him among all the people.

And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, be still: he is thy brother; take not this thing to heart. And Tamar remained, and that desolate, in her brother Absalom's house.

And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.

Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

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

And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.

But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.

And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who was greatest.

And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them.

And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.

After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for thou hast done it.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

And 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 anguish was very great.

And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

And upon this came his disciples, and wondered that he spoke with a woman; yet no one said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?

and behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then indeed recognised that this is the Christ?