17 Bible Verses about People Being Silent
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Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?
"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."
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- Silent (144 instances)