31 Bible Verses about Individuals Being Silent

And the man [was] gazing at her silently to know [if] Yahweh had made his journey successful or not.

And Jacob heard that Dinah his daughter had been defiled, but his sons were with his flocks in the field. And Jacob kept silent until they came.

But Saul said nothing on that day, for he thought, "{Something happened to him}. He [is] not [ceremonially] clean; surely he [is] not clean."

Therefore Moses said to Aaron, "This [is] what Yahweh spoke, saying, 'Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and {in the presence of} all the people I will display my glory.'" So Aaron was silent.

[When Naomi] saw that she was determined to go with her, {she said no more}.

However, some {worthless men} said, "How can this [man] deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.

For as Yahweh lives, who delivers Israel, [I swear] that even if it [is] in Jonathan my son, {he will certainly die}!" But nobody from all the army answered him.

Absalom her brother said to her, "[Was] Amnon your brother with you? But now, my sister, be quiet; he [is] your brother. {Do not take this matter to heart}." So Tamar remained a desolate woman in the house of Absalom her brother.

Absalom did not speak with Amnon {either bad or good}, for Absalom hated Amnon {over the matter when} he raped Tamar his sister.

Elijah approached to all the people and said, "How long [will] you [go] limping over two opinions? If Yahweh [is] God, go after him; but if Baal, go after him." But the people did not answer him a word.

The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him."

But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, "You must not answer him."

They sit on the ground, the elders of the daughter of Zion are silent. They cast dust on their head, they have put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their head down to the ground.

And he said to them, "Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.

But they remained silent. And he took hold of [him] [and] healed him, and sent [him] away.

And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way [about] who [was] greatest.

And the whole group became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

And [when they] heard that he was addressing them in the Aramaic language, {they became even more silent}. And he said,

Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.

[The] voices of nobles were hushed, and their tongue stuck to their palate.

After my word, they did not speak again, and my word dropped down [like dew] upon them.

"They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

I am mute. I do not open my mouth, for you, yourself, have done [it].

I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."

I was mute [with] silence. I was silent [even] from [saying] good [things], and my pain was stirred up.

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he [was] righteous in his [own] eyes.

And at this [point] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you seek?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?