61 Bible Verses about Silence

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him.

These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such a one as yourself: but I will rebuke you, and set them in order before your eyes.

When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and you fear me not?

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp that burns.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, even repay into their bosom, Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

[A Psalm of David.] Unto you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

This you have seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

[A Psalm or Song of Asaph.] Keep not silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Hold not your peace, O God of my praise;

Will you restrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely?

You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look on iniquity: why do you look upon them that deal treacherously, and hold your tongue when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he?

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

You shall bring down the noise of aliens, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also you shall be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue you.

Because the LORD has plundered Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is raised:

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

And he said unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Now we know that whatsoever things the law says, it says to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you be the Christ, the Son of God.

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And he answered him never a word; so that the governor marveled greatly.

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answer you nothing? behold how many things they witness against you. But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled.

And went again into the judgment hall, and said unto Jesus, From where are you? But Jesus gave him no answer.

Then he questioned him with many words; but he answered him nothing.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, you shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout.

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to learn whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

The LORD shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. And the LORD said unto Moses, Why do you cry unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold your peace.

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

When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the open square! The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.read more.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

But some worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold your peace, and I will speak. If you have any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you. If not, hearken unto me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom.

He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace.

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it.

That you may remember, and be ashamed, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I provide toward you an atonement for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

Then all the multitude kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring what miracles and wonders God had done among the Gentiles by them.

And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the turban of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not man's bread of sorrow.

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed to go into Macedonia.