30 Bible Verses about Individuals Being Silent

And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.

But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.

I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.

At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?