Psalm 39:2


I was mute and silent [before my enemies],
I refrained even from good,
And my distress grew worse.

Job 32:19-20


“My belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

Psalm 38:13-14


But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

Isaiah 53:7


He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth [to complain or defend Himself];
Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before her shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give that which is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Matthew 27:12-14

But when the charges were brought against Him by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

Acts 4:20

for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”

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Summary

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

My sorrow

General references

Bible References

I was

Psalm 38:13

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth [to complain or defend Himself];
Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before her shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
Matthew 27:12
But when the charges were brought against Him by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

Even

Matthew 7:6
“Do not give that which is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

My sorrow

Job 32:19

“My belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.
Acts 4:20
for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”

General references

Psalm 38:13

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.