'Silent' in the Bible

And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not.

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned.

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

Dread and fear have fallen on them, because of the strength of your arm. They have become silent as a stone, until your people pass by, LORD, until this people you acquired pass by.

So Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when He said:I will show My holinessto those who are near Me,and I will reveal My glorybefore all the people.”But Aaron remained silent.

and her father hears her vow and the obligations that she had pledged herself to fulfill, yet her father keeps silent about it, then all her vows and every obligation she pledged herself to are to stand.

and her husband hears her vow, yet remains silent on the day that he hears it, then her vows are to stand and the obligation to which she had pledged herself is to stand.

and her husband hears it but remains silent, not disallowing it, then all her vows are to stand, along with every obligation that she has pledged to fulfill.

But if her husband remains silent about her from day to day, then he has affirmed all her vows or obligations that she has obligated herself to fulfill. He has affirmed them because he remained silent from the day he heard her vows.

Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the Lord your God.

Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord handed over the Amorites to the sons of Israel, and Joshua said in the sight of Israel,“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

it is told to the Gazathites, saying, 'Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, 'Till the light of the morning -- then we have slain him.'

And they say, 'Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go -- to enter to possess the land.

and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

Hannah prayed and said,“My heart rejoices and triumphs in the Lord;My horn (strength) is lifted up in the Lord,My mouth has opened wide [to speak boldly] against my enemies,Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

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

And the sons of Israel say unto Samuel, 'Keep not silent for us from crying unto Jehovah our God, and He doth save us out of the hand of the Philistines.'

But some troublemakers said, "How can this man deliver us?" They despised him and did not bring him a gift. But Saul remained silent.

and Absalom her brother saith unto her, 'Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, keep silent, he is thy brother; set not thy heart to this thing;' and Tamar dwelleth -- but desolate -- in the house of Absalom her brother.

"The very same Absalom we anointed to rule just died in battle"!" "Now then, why remain silent about bringing the king back"?"

and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, 'Have ye not known that ours is Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!'

And sons of the prophets who are in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and say unto him, 'Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?' and he saith, 'I also have known -- keep silent.'

And sons of the prophets who are in Jericho come nigh unto Elisha, and say unto him, 'Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?' and he saith, 'I also have known -- keep silent.'

Then they said to each other, “We’re not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will catch up with us. Let’s go tell the king’s household.”

But the people kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”

and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.” They remained silent and could not say a word.

And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, 'Be silent, for to-day is holy, and be not grieved.'

If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and extermination. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”

“When they become waterless, they are silent,When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

Teach me, and I will be silent.Help me understand what I did wrong.

"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

Can anyone indict me?If so, I will be silent and die.

“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved;And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

I'm boiling mad inside, and I won't remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.

because I greatly feared the crowds,and the contempt of the clans terrified me,so I grew silent and would not go outside?

Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,now that they stand there and no longer answer?

"Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.

If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?When He hides His face, who can see Him?Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

I cannot be silent about his limbs,his power, and his graceful proportions.

Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds, and be silent. Interlude

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.

You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.Lord, do not be far from me.

Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him;do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,by the man who carries out evil plans.

I was speechless and quiet;I kept silent, even from speaking good,and my pain intensified.

I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.

“Hear my prayer, Lord,and listen to my cry for help;do not be silent at my tears.For I am a foreigner residing with You,a temporary resident like all my fathers.

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!Devouring fire precedes Him,and a storm rages around Him.

You have done these things, and I kept silent;you thought I was just like you.But I will rebuke youand lay out the case before you.

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly?

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God is my soul silent, From Him is my salvation.

Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him is my hope.

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

A song. A psalm of Asaph.God, do not keep silent.Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.

If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.

He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God of my praise, do not be silent.

Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks sense,but a man with understanding keeps silent.

Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent,discerning when he seals his lips. >

a time to tear and a time to sew;a time to be silent and a time to speak;

And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

So I join with Jazerto weep for the vines of Sibmah;I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.Triumphant shouts have fallen silentover your summer fruit and your harvest.

"Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea,

But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”

“Be silent before Me, islands!And let peoples renew their strength.Let them approach, then let them testify;let us come together for the trial.

“I have kept silent from ages past;I have been quiet and restrained Myself.But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,gasping breathlessly.

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

He was oppressed and afflicted,yet He did not open His mouth.Like a lamb led to the slaughterand like a sheep silent before her shearers,He did not open His mouth.

Who was it you dreaded and feared,so that you lied and didn’t remember Meor take it to heart?Have I not kept silent for such a long timeand you do not fear Me?

I will not keep silent because of Zion,and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,until her righteousness shines like a bright lightand her salvation, like a flaming torch.

Jerusalem,I have appointed watchmen on your walls;they will never be silent, day or night.There is no rest for you,who remind the Lord.

Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself?Will You keep silent and afflict severely?

It is written before Me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will repay them fully

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony!Oh, the pain in my heart!My heart pounds;I cannot be silent.For you, my soul,have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—the shout of battle.

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

The peaceful meadows are silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all these words that the king commanded, and they keep silent from him, for the matter was not heard;

Baldness is coming to Gaza.Ashkelon will become silent,a remnant of their valley.How long will you gash yourself?

Oh, sword of the Lord!How long will you be restless?Go back to your sheath;be still; be silent!

The glory of Moab is no longer. In Heshbon they planned evil against her. Come and let us cut her off from [being] a nation. Also, Madmen, you will be silent. After you will go [the] sword.

Sit on the earth -- keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go up on their head, They have girded on sackcloth, Put down to the earth their head have the virgins of Jerusalem.

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,for God has disciplined him.

Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the River Chebar at Tel Abib. I sat there for seven days [in the place] where they were living, overwhelmed with astonishment [by my vision and the work before me].

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the staff of bread [that supports life] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread [rationed] by weight and [eat it] with anxiety and fear, and drink water by measure and [drink it] in horror [of the impending starvation],

So I will satisfy My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be silent and no longer angry.