'Silent' in the Bible
And Jacob heard that Dinah his daughter had been defiled, but his sons were with his flocks in the field. And Jacob kept silent until they came.
Terror and dread fell on them; at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone, until your people passed by, Yahweh, until [the] people whom you bought passed by.
Therefore Moses said to Aaron, "This [is] what Yahweh spoke, saying, 'Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and {in the presence of} all the people I will display my glory.'" So Aaron was silent.
and her husband hears [of it] and is silent on the day he hears [it], her vows will stand, and her pledge that she bound upon herself will stand.
and her husband heard [it] but was silent to her, and he did not forbid her, all her vows will stand and every pledge that she bound on herself will stand.
But if her husband is completely silent from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all her pledges that [are] on her; he confirms them because he was silent to her on the day he heard [them].
Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, "Be silent and hear, Israel, [for] this day you have become {a people} for Yahweh your God.
The Gazites [were told], "Samson has come here," so they surrounded [the place] and lay in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night, saying, "[We will wait] until the morning light, and then we will kill him."
However, some {worthless men} said, "How can this [man] deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.
Then they said {to one another}, "We [are] not doing right. This day is a day of good news! If we [are] silent and wait until the light of morning, they will find us and {we will be punished}. So then, come, let us go and tell the house of the king."
The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him."
and I said to them: "We ourselves have bought back our brothers the Jews who were sold to the nations as we were able. But now you yourselves have sold your brothers so they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word [to say].
For if indeed you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and the family of your father will perish. Who knows? [Perhaps] you have come to a royal position for a time such as this."
Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray.
{O that} you would keep completely silent, and [that] it would become wisdom for you.
Who [is] he who will contend with me? For {then} I would be silent, and I would pass away.
"They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.
"Listen attentively, Job; listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
Be disturbed but do not sin. Commune in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah
To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.
When I kept silent, my bones were worn out due to my groaning all the day.
I was mute [with] silence. I was silent [even] from [saying] good [things], and my pain was stirred up.
Our God comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.
These [things] you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present [an argument] before your eyes.
Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind?
O God, do not rest [silently]. Do not keep silent or be still, O God.
Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise}; he who closes his lips [is] intelligent.
a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;
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
My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.
And all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he informed them like all these words that the king commanded. So they fell silent, for the {conversation} was not heard.
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.
They sit on the ground, the elders of the daughter of Zion are silent. They cast dust on their head, they have put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their head down to the ground.
Let him sit alone and be silent when he has laid it on him.
On that day your mouth shall be opened {at the arrival of the fugitive}, and you shall speak, and you shall not be silent [any] longer, and you shall be to them as a sign, and they will know that I am Yahweh."
Therefore, whoever has insight will keep silent in that time, for it [is] a time of evil.
Your eyes [are] too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. Why do you look at the treacherous? [Why] are you silent when the wicked swallows up [someone] more righteous than him?
But Yahweh [is] in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."
Be silent before the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh draws near, for Yahweh has provided a sacrifice and has consecrated his guests.
Be silent, {all people}, before Yahweh, for he is roused from {his holy dwelling}."
But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"
And he said to them, "Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
And he woke up [and] rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Be silent!" And the wind abated and there was a great calm.
But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way [about] who [was] greatest.
But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day these [things] take place, {because} you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent and come out of him!" And [after] throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.
And after the voice had occurred, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
But they remained silent. And he took hold of [him] [and] healed him, and sent [him] away.
And those who were in front rebuked him, that he should be silent, but he cried out {even more loudly}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"
And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.
Now the passage of scripture that he was reading aloud was this: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer [is] silent, so he did not open his mouth.
And [when they] heard these [things], they became silent and praised God, saying, "Then God has granted the repentance [leading] to life to the Gentiles also!"
But motioning to them with [his] hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Report these [things] to James and to the brothers," and he departed [and] went to another place.
And the whole group became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent,
And [because] he would not be persuaded, we remained silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
And [when they] heard that he was addressing them in the Aramaic language, {they became even more silent}. And he said,
But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.
And if [something] is revealed to another who is seated, the first must be silent.
the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.