61 Bible Verses about Silence

Also the foolish one being silent shall be thought wise: and he shutting his lips, understanding.

He will sit alone and be silent, for he laid upon him.

These things thou didst and I was silent; thou thoughtest, being, I shall be like to thee: I will reprove thee, and I will set it in order before thine eyes.

And he will give quiet, and who shall disturb? and he will hide the face, and who shall look upon him? and against a nation and against man wholly:

I was silent of old; I will be still, I will restrain myself: as she bringing forth I will cry out; I will lay waste and snuff up together.

And whom didst thou fear? and wilt thou be afraid? for thou wilt lie, and thou didst not remember me; thou didst not put it upon thy heart; was not I being silent and from of old, and thou wilt not be afraid of me?

Our God shall come, and he will not be silent: a fire shall consume before him, and it stormed greatly round about him.

For sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for sake of Jerusalem I will not rest till its justice shall go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a flame shall burn.

Behold, it written before me: I will not be silent, but I requited, and I requited upon their bosom, Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together, said Jehovah, who burnt incense upon the mountains, and upon the hills they reproached me: and I measured their former work upon their bosom.

To David. To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, my rock; thou wilt not be silent from me: lest thou wilt be silent from me and I was made like with them going down to the pit

Thou sawest, O Jehovah: thou wilt not be silent: O Jehovah, thou wilt not remove far off from me.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry; thou wilt not be silent at my tears, for I a sojourner with thee, a dweller, as all my fathers.

A song of chanting to Asaph. O God, not stillness to thee: thou wilt not be silent, and thou wilt not rest, O God.

To the overseer, to David a chanting. O God of my praise, thou wilt not be silent;

For these wilt thou refrain thyself, O Jehovah? wilt thou be silent, and wilt thou humble us even greatly?

Being pure of eyes from beholding evil, and wilt not be able to look upon labor: wherefore wilt thou look upon the transgressors? wilt thou be silent in the unjust swallowing the just above him?

He will watch the feet of the merciful and the unjust shall be silent in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.

Out of the mouth of children and sucklings thou hast founded strength on account of thine enemies, to cause the enemy and the avenger to cease.

And the king shall rejoice in God; all swearing in him shall glory: for the mouth of those speaking falsehood shall be stopped.

The upright shall see and be glad, and all iniquity shall shut her mouth.

As the heat in Zion the noise of strangers thou shalt bring down; the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the song of the terrible shall be humbled.

Sit thou silently and go into darkness, thou daughter of the Chaldeans for thou shalt no more be added for them to call thee The mistress of kingdoms

Baldness came upon Gaza; Ashkelon was destroyed, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

No more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they purposed evil against it; come, and we will cut it off from a nation. Thou also shalt be destroyed, O Madmen; the sword shall go after thee.

For Jehovah laid Babel waste, and he destroyed from her the great voice: and the billows roared as many waters, and a noise of their voice was given.

And the Pharisees having heard that he muzzled the Sadducees, were gathered upon the same.

And he says to them, Is it lawful in the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? to save a soul, or to kill? And they were silent.

And they were not able to seize upon his word before the people: and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

And seeing the man healed standing with them, they had nothing to contradict.

And we know that whatever says the law, it speaks to them in the law: that every mouth be shut, and all the world be culpable to God.

He was pressed, and he was afflicted, and he will not open his mouth: he was brought as a sheep for the slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearers being dumb and he will not open his mouth.

And the passage of the writing which he read was this, As a sheep for slaughter was he brought; and as a lamb before him shearing it dumb, so he opened not his mouth:

But Jesus was silent. And the chief priest having answered, said to him, I cause thee to swear by the living God, that thou tell us, if thou art Christ, the Son of God.

And he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asks him, and says to him, Art thou Christ, Son of the Praised

And he answered him not to one word: so that the leader wondered greatly.

And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how much they accuse thee. And Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered.

And went into the pretorinm again, and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

And he asked him in fitting words: and he answered him nothing.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came out of him.

And Jesus answered him, saying, Be then silent, and come Out of him. And the demon having thrown him into the midst, came out of him, not having injured him.

And having risen, he censured the wind, and said to the sea, Be silent, be constricted. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, and ye shall not cause your voice to be heard, and a word shall not go forth out of your mouth till the day I said to you, Shout, and shout ye.

And the man looking with attention at her, being silent to know whether Jehovah prospered his way or not

Jehovah will wage war for you and ye shall be silent And Jehovah will say to Moses, Why wilt thou cry to me? speak to the sons of Israel and they shall remove.

And the sons of the prophets that were in the house of God will come forth to Elisha and say to him, Knewest thou that this day Jehovah takes thy lord from above thy head? And he will say, I also knew; be silent

And when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour.

In my going forth to the gate upon the city, in the street I shall prepare my seat The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the old men rose up and stood. Chiefs held back in words, and they will put the hand to the mouth.read more.
The voice the leaders hid, and their tongue was joined to their palate.

In the multitude of words transgression shall not cease: and he withholding his lips is prudent

And the sons of Belial said, What shall this save us? And they will despise him and will not bring him a gift; and he will be as keeping silence.

Who will give silence? Ye shall be silent, and it shall be to you for wisdom.

Attend, O Job, hear to me: be silent and I will speak If there be words, turn back to me: speak, for I desired to justify thee. If not, hear thou to me: be silent, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

He wanting heart despised for his neighbor: and a man of understanding will be silent.

I was dumb, I will not open my mouth; for thou didst

So that thou shalt remember, and thou wert ashamed, and there shall no more be to thee an opening of the mouth from the face of thy shame in my expiating for thee for all which thou didst, says the Lord Jehovah.

Be ye disturbed, and ye shall not sin: say in your heart upon your bed,

And in there having been a voice, Jesus was found alone. And they were silent, and announced nothing to any one in those days, of what they had seen.

And all the multitude were silent, and heard Barnabas and Paul, recounting what signs and wonders God did in the nations through them.

And I caused the noise of thy songs to cease and the voice of thy harps shall no more be heard.

Be silent to the sighing of blood, thou shalt not make mourning for the dead; bind thy head-dress upon thee, and thou shalt put thy shoes upon thy feet, and thou shalt not cover over the mustachios, and the bread of men thou shalt not eat

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul having called the disciples, and greeted, he came out to go into Macedonia.