'Quiet' in the Bible

Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire.

So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king’s house.

They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites.

Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

So all of the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”

“Because he knew no quiet within him,He does not retain anything he desires.

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

He makes me lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside quiet waters.

For they do not speak peace,But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.O God, do not remain quiet;Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

Then they were glad because they were quiet,So He guided them to their desired haven.

“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;They break forth into shouts of joy.

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,For it cannot be quiet,And its waters toss up refuse and mud.

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant,’ declares the Lord,‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;For behold, I will save you from afarAnd your offspring from the land of their captivity.And Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease,And no one will make him afraid.

“Ah, sword of the Lord,How long will you not be quiet?Withdraw into your sheath;Be at rest and stay still.

“How can it be quiet,When the Lord has given it an order?Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast—There He has assigned it.”

Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned.”

“The Lord your God is in your midst,A victorious warrior.He will exult over you with joy,He will be quiet in His love,He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

So they answered the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is peaceful and quiet.”

The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

Those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said,

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.