Silence

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.

My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.

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

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

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

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

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

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

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

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:

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

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From himcomethmy salvation.

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

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

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

A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes. — read the full passage →

A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Now when Jesus heardit, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities.

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

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

And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

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

Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

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

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.

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no man in those days any of the things which they had seen.

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

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There wassilence, and I heard a voice, saying,

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah’s remembrancers, take ye no rest,

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

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

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.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

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.

but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

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.

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand. — read the full passage →

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.

The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

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,

And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet, and heard his word.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—

And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

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. — read the full passage →

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

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

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.

The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.

He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. — read the full passage →

The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.

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; — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

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.

But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities. — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: