17 Bible Verses about People Being Silent

“After I spoke, they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower].

“They (Job’s friends) are dismayed and embarrassed, they no longer answer;
The words have moved away and failed them,” [says Elihu].

“And shall I wait, because they say nothing,
But stand still and say no more?

Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
So that I kept silence and did not acknowledge my sin and did not go out of the door?

Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved;
And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?

The Lord will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.”

To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God;
And to You the vow shall be performed.

For God alone my soul waits in silence;
From Him comes my salvation.

For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,
For my hope is from Him.

It is good that one waits quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.

Let him sit alone [in hope] and keep quiet,
Because God has laid it on him [for his benefit].

For in a multitude of dreams and in a flood of words there is worthlessness. Rather [reverently] fear God [and worship Him with awe-filled respect, knowing who He is].

The upright see it and rejoice;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

The [pagan] nations shall see [God’s omnipotence in delivering Israel] and be ashamed
Of all their might [which cannot be compared to His].
They shall put their hand on their mouth [in silent astonishment];
Their ears shall be deaf.

“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him.”

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed and wiped out of existence. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for our hardship would not be sufficient to burden the king [by even mentioning it].”