'Silence' in the Bible

And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.

But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was'silence, and I heard a voice,'saying ,

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him cometh my salvation.

My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.

O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee.

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee,'saying , Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.