Being Quiet

Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; — read the full passage →

Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. [Selah

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you; — read the full passage →

For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.

And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. — read the full passage →

He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding. — read the full passage →

When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: — read the full passage →

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: — read the full passage →

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. — read the full passage →

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her;

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.

And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: ButI will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that Jehovah will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake: — read the full passage →

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: