Silent

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

…and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

…because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.

Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

…that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.

O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

…a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”

And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.

Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.

But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.