20 Bible Verses about Silence

but the Pharisees hearing that he had dumb-founded the Sadducees, they met together in council.

and he ask'd them, is it allowed to do good, or to do mischief on the sabbath-days? to save life, or to kill? but they were very silent.

so not being able to take any advantage from his words, before the people, they said no more, being surpriz'd at his answer.

yet seeing the man who was cured standing with them, they could not tell what to reply.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every one may be silenc'd, and all the world plead guilty before God.

the passage of the scripture which he read, was this, "he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before his shearer, was dumb, so opened he not his mouth:

but Jesus made no reply. and the high priest said to him, I conjure thee by the living God, to tell us, are you the Christ the son of God?

but Jesus remain'd silent, and gave no answer. then the high priest asked him again, and said to him, art thou the Christ, the son of the most High?

but he made no answer to any thing he said, so that the governor was very much surpriz'd.

Pilate spake to him again, and said, will you make no defence for your self? don't you hear what they urge against you? but Jesus still made no answer; so that Pilate was much amaz'd.

and went again into the Pretorium, and said to Jesus, who was your father? but Jesus gave him no answer.

he plyed him therefore with many interrogatories,

and Jesus threatned him, be mute, said he, and come out. and when the unclean spirit had thrown him into convulsions, with a loud cry, he came out of him.

but Jesus rebuk'd him, saying, be dumb, and come out of him. upon which the demon threw him down in the midst of the assembly, and came out, without doing him any harm.

and rebuked the wind, hush, said he, and be still. immediately the wind subsides, and a settled calm ensued.

At the opening of the SEVENTH SEAL, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

and before the sound was gone, Jesus was left alone: this they kept secret, and for some time did not acquaint any one in the least with what they had seen.

The whole assembly were very silent, whilst Barnabas and Paul related what miracles and prodigies God had wrought among the Gentiles by their ministry.

This disturbance being over, Paul sent for the disciples, took his leave and departed for Macedonia.