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'Hold Your Peace' in the Bible

They said to him, "Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersCurbing SpeechUnnamed Priests

Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take this thing to heart." So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being SilentLoneliness And Depression

Now the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?” He said, “Yes, I know it; be quiet [about it].”

Verse ConceptsAskingSchool Of ProphetsSilenceSchoolsSons Of The ProphetsTodayPeople With General KnowledgeTaking Other Peopleassertiveness

The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; be quiet [about it].”

Verse ConceptsSchoolsSons Of The ProphetsTodayPeople With General KnowledgeTaking Other PeopleSchool

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Verse ConceptsDo Not MournHoly Times

For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Verse ConceptsPurimAuthority Of PeopleRight Time For Peopledeliveranceliberationroyalty

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Verse ConceptsCurbing Speech

“If not [and you have nothing to say], listen to me;Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

Verse ConceptsTeaching WisdomCurbing SpeechPay Attention To People!Teaching The Way Of GodListening To God

Will you refrain yourself for these things, Yahweh? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely?

Verse ConceptsSilenceGod Being Silent

Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bidden his guests.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, Believers' Growth InRespect, For God's CharacterSpeech, Power And Significance OfCurbing SpeechThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time Generally

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsrebuking

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsSilenceJesus Casting Out DemonsThose Jesus HealedDemonic Influence

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