31 Bible Verses about Individuals Being Silent

Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.

Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, “It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean.”

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

But certain worthless men said, “How can this one deliver us?” And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.

For as the Lord lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not one of all the people answered him.

Then Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep silent, my sister, he is your brother; do not take this matter to heart.” So Tamar remained and was desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

But Absalom did not speak to Amnon either good or bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word.

But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said,

“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

The voice of the nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to their palate.

“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.

“To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.

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

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”

I was mute and silent,
I refrained even from good,
And my sorrow grew worse.

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Then these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?”

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?