17 Bible Verses about People Being Silent

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After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;

They were dismayed, they responded no more, they suffered speech to forsake them;

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!

Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.

Though I do speak, unassuaged is my stinging pain, - And, if I forbear, of what am I relieved?

Thine, are silence and praise, O God, in Zion, - And, to thee, shall be paid the vow.

Surely, towards God, silence becometh my soul, From him, is my salvation:

Good it is - both to wait and to be silent, for the deliverance of Yahweh;

Let him sit alone, and keep silence, because he took it upon himself:

For it was done amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words, - but, towards God, be thou reverent.

The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.

Nations, shall see, that they may turn pale at all their valour, - they shall lay hand on mouth, their ears, shall be silent:

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king.

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