'Silence' in the Bible

The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

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

Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!"

He asked them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

And as the voice was heard Jesus was found alone: and they kept silence, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

Those in front reproved him and tried to silence him; but he continued shouting, louder than ever, "Son of David, take pity on me."

But he motioned with his hand for silence, and then described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. "Tell all this to James and the brethren," he added. Then he left them, and went to another place.

So Paul rose, and motioning with his hand for silence, said, "Israelites, and you others who fear God, pay attention to me.

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

Some of the crowd concluded it was because of Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front. So Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people.

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, as to which silence has been kept in the times of the ages,

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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