Ecclesiastes 3:7

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

⁶ A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away. ⁷ A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak. ⁸ A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

Keep Silent

Amos 5:13

Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it is.

Genesis 37:29

And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,

Genesis 37:34

And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

Genesis 44:18

And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, 'O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:34

for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

1 Samuel 19:4-5

And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee are very good;

1 Samuel 25:24-44

and falleth at his feet and saith, 'On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

2 Samuel 1:11

And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who are with him,

2 Samuel 3:31

And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who are with him, 'Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

1 Kings 21:27

And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

2 Kings 5:7

And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel's reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this one is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.'

2 Kings 6:30

And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth is on his flesh within.

Esther 4:13-14

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

Esther 7:4

for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'

Job 2:13

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

Job 32:4-22

And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.

Psalm 39:2

I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

Proverbs 24:11-12

If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

Isaiah 36:21

And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'

Jeremiah 8:14

Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 36:24

And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments.

Lamentations 3:28

He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.

Joel 2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

Amos 8:3

And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many are the carcases, into any place throw -- hush!

Micah 7:5

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

Luke 19:37-40

and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'

Acts 9:39

And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.