'Silence' in the Bible
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.
And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.
And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,
Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,
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 the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.
For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.