Silence

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

“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 in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

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

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

“Men listened to me, 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 didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn’t open his mouth.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

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. — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

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

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. — read the full passage →

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

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

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. — read the full passage →

Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

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

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

“‘If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.

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.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,

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

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

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.

But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have clothed 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 no man shall prevail by strength.

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak 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 your hand. — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

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

But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret errand to you, king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him went out from him.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” 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 everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, 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 didn’t go out of the door—

Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.

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

As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. — read the full passage →

But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.” Everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.

He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone 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 nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

If then you 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, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

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

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: