'Silent' in the Bible
But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, "You must not answer him."
I have been silent for a long time; I have kept silent; I have restrained myself like one giving birth; I will moan, pant, and gasp together.
And of whom were you afraid and feared, that you deceived and did not remember me? Did you not place [it] on your heart? [Have] I not been silent, even from long ago, and [so] you do not fear me?
For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.
I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
Will you control yourself because of these, Yahweh? Will you be silent? And will you oppress us exceedingly?
Look! [It] is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will repay; and I will repay in the fold of their garment