'Silence' in the Bible
The man stared at her in silence, waiting to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful.
You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.
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.
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.
Then Saul said, “Come here, all you who are leaders of the people, and let us find out how this sin [causing God’s silence] happened today.
Now the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, yet we are still doing nothing to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
So the Levites silenced all of the people, saying, "Silence, for this day is holy. Do not be grieved."
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,
Should your babbling put others to silence,so that you can keep on ridiculingwith no one to humiliate you?
"{Let me have silence}, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever [may].
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at 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?
"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
Because of Your adversaries,You have established a strongholdfrom the mouths of children and nursing infantsto silence the enemy and the avenger.
My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from 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.
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.
Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.My soul waits in silence for God only;From Him is my salvation.
My soul, wait in silence for God only,For my hope is from Him.
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence -- praise, O God, is in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed.
You silence the roar of the seas,the roar of their waves,and the tumult of the nations.
{A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
O God of my praise!Do not keep silent,
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, 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;
At the thunder of your voice, the nations flee; at your silence, the nations scatter.
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.
“Daughter Chaldea,sit in silence and go into darkness.For you will no longer be called mistress 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,
And give not silence to Him, Till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem A praise in the earth.
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
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.
And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee.
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.
For the Lord is going to devastate Babylon;He will silence her mighty voice.Their waves roar like abundant waters;the tumult of their voice resounds,
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.
It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Therefore, I will bring the worst of the [Gentile] nations, and they will take possession of their houses [those of the people of Judah]; I will also silence their pride, and their holy places will be profaned.
You are to weep in silence, but you are not to participate in mourning rituals. You are to keep your turban on your head and your sandals on your feet. You are not to cover your mouth or eat what your comforters bring to you."
""I'll silence the noise of your songs and the music of your harps won't be heard anymore.
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee,'saying , Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
A close relative and burner will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?”That person will reply, “None.”Then he will say, “Silence, because Yahweh’s name 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.
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he?
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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