Bible Verses About Silence

"For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men."

"and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled."

"“Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms."

"Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?"

"Moab will be praised no more; in Heshbon men will plot her downfall: ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’ You too, O Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you."

"Surely, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord Almighty."

"Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord."

"The Lord will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound."

"The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground."

"Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him."

"Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together."

"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger."

"Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous."

"But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God’s name will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced."

"Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death."

"Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure."

"Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord."

"It is not the dead who praise the Lord, those who go down to silence;"

"In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant."

"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."

"The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people."

"“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!”"

"Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?"

"He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders."

"Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face."