'Silent' in the Bible
He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.
But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
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;
But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.
But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.
let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.