17 Bible Verses about People Being Silent
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If I had spoken, they would have it none other ways, my words were so well taken among them.
"But insomuch as ye will not speak, standing still like dumb men, and making no answer:
For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door.
Wisdom is a high thing; yea, even to the fool, for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
"But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorrow will not cease: and though I hold my tongue, yet will it not depart from me.
{To the Chanter, a Psalm and song of David} Thou, O God, art praised in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.
{To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation.
Nevertheless, my soul abideth only upon God, for he is my God.
O how good is it, with stillness, to wait and tarry for the health of the LORD?
{Yod} He sitteth alone, he holdeth him still, and dwelleth quietly by himself.
And why? Whereas are many dreams and many words, there are also divers vanities: but look that thou fear God.
The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.
This shall the Heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, and stop their ears.
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold to be bondmen and bondwomen, then would I hold my tongue; although the enemy could not recompense the king's loss.
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- Silent (144 instances)
