17 Bible Verses about People Being Silent
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And shall I wait because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door--
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged, and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Praise waits for thee, O God, in Zion. And to thee the vow shall be performed.
My soul waits in silence for God only. From him [is] my salvation.
My soul, wait thou in silence for God only, for my expectation is from him.
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of LORD.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it upon him.
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words. But fear thou God.
The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might. They shall lay their hand upon their mouth. Their ears shall be deaf.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
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- Silent (144 instances)
