'Silent' in the Bible

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.

But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.

After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.

The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;