67 verses contain “Silence” (in the KJV: 44, in the BSB: 33) — showing 1–67
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But he himself turned again from the
quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret
errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep
silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
But upon reaching the idols near
Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “
Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
It stood still, but I could not
discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was
silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
It stood still, but I could not
discern its appearance; a form
loomed before my eyes, and I heard a
whispering voice:
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee
ashamed?
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Men
listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families
terrify me, that I kept
silence, and went not out of the door?
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans
terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your
adversaries, to
silence the enemy and
avenger.
Let the lying lips be put to
silence; which speak
grievous things proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous.
May lying lips be
silenced— lips that speak with
arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
When I kept
silence, my bones waxed old through my
roaring all the day long.
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my
groaning all day long.
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
I was
dumb with
silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was
stirred.
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was
stirred.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall
devour before him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about him.
Our God approaches and will not be silent!
Consuming fire precedes Him, and a
tempest rages around Him.
These things hast thou done, and I kept
silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as
thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
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.
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Then are they
glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired
haven.
They
rejoiced in the
silence, and He guided them to the
harbor they desired.
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
A time to
rend, and a time to
sew; a time to keep
silence, and a time to speak;
a time to
tear and a time to
mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is
devastated, destroyed in a night!
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
like heat in a dry land. You
subdue the
uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the
ruthless is
silenced.
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
“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.
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
“Sit in
silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of
Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not
silence,
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,
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
Why do we sit still?
assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to
silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have
sinned against the LORD.
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us
flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has
doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have
sinned against the LORD.
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
There shall be no more praise of Moab: in
Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O
Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
There is no longer praise for Moab; in
Heshbon they
devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of
Madmen, will be
silenced; the sword will pursue you.
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
Because the LORD hath
spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do
roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will
silence her mighty voice. The waves will
roar like great waters; the
tumult of their voices will resound.
The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and 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.
The elders of the Daughter of
Zion sit on the ground in
silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on
sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
And in their
wailing they shall take up a
lamentation for thee, and
lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
As they
wail and
mourn over you, they will take up a
lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre,
silenced in the middle of the sea?
Therefore the
prudent shall keep
silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Therefore, the
prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is
anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “
Silence,” the relative will
retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be
invoked.”
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to
wailing. Many will be the corpses,
strewn in
silence everywhere!”
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be
silenced; all who
weigh out silver will be cut off.
But when the
Pharisees had heard that he had put the
Sadducees to
silence, they were gathered together.
And when the
Pharisees heard that Jesus had
silenced the
Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
And he arose, and
rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Then Jesus got up and
rebuked the wind and the sea. “
Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
But he,
beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go
shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
Then all the multitude kept
silence, and gave
audience to
Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
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.
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander
beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for
silence so he could make his
defense to the people.
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and
beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great
silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great
hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
Now we know that what things
soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
But if there be no
interpreter, let him keep
silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
But if there is no
interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this
boasting in the regions of
Achaia.
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this
boasting of mine will not be
silenced in the regions of
Achaia.
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to
usurp authority over the man, but to be in
silence.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who
subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for
filthy lucre’s sake.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to
silence the ignorance of
foolish men:
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should
silence the ignorance of
foolish men.
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet formed.
And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
And the earth shall restore those that are
asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in
silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.
Our
psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to
silence, our
rejoicing is at an end, the light of our
candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is
spoiled, our holy things are
defiled, and the name that is called upon us is almost
profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are
defiled, and our wives
ravished; our righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in
bondage, and our strong men are become weak;
Then these shall be troubled
bled, and keep
silence through their power, and shall
flee.
For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,
There is one that keepeth
silence, and is found wise: and another by much
babbling becometh
hateful.
Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time.
And of
silence before them that
salute thee; and to look upon an
harlot;
Now Simon,
Judas’ brother, had joined battle with Nicanor, but was somewhat
discomfited through the sudden
silence of his enemies.