Concordance

“Silence” in the Bible

90 verses contain “silence” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible.

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Genesis 34:5 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.
Leviticus 10:3 …all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained…
Deuteronomy 27:9 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.
Judges 3:19 … back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left…
1 Samuel 10:27 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.
2 Kings 7:9 …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…
2 Kings 18:36 But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Nehemiah 5:8 …thers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to…
Esther 4:14 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…
Esther 7:4 …sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the…
Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
Job 11:3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Job 13:5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Job 13:13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Job 13:19 Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
Job 31:34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Job 32:16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
Job 33:31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
Job 34:29 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,
Job 41:12 I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
Psalms 8:2 From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
Psalms 28:1 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.
Psalms 30:12 that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
Psalms 31:17 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.
Psalms 32:3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalms 35:22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 39:2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms 50:3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Psalms 50:21 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.
Psalms 83:1 O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
Psalms 94:17 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
Psalms 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Psalms 107:30 They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
Psalms 109:1 O God of my praise, be not silent.
Psalms 115:17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
Proverbs 11:12 Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Isaiah 16:9 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.
Isaiah 23:2 Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
Isaiah 24:8 The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
Isaiah 36:21 But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Isaiah 41:1 “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.
Isaiah 42:14 “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.
Isaiah 47:5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
Isaiah 53:7 …amb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His…
Isaiah 57:11 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?
Isaiah 62:1 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…
Isaiah 62:6 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,
Isaiah 64:12 After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
Isaiah 65:6 Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
Jeremiah 4:19 …he 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…
Jeremiah 51:55 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.
Lamentations 2:10 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…
Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
Ezekiel 3:26 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.
Ezekiel 26:13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Amos 5:13 Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Amos 6:10 …Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be…
Amos 8:3 “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!”
Habakkuk 1:13 …ongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than…
Habakkuk 2:19 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…
Habakkuk 2:20 But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Zephaniah 1:7 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.
Zechariah 2:13 Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
Matthew 20:31 The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 26:63 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.”
Mark 1:25 But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
Mark 3:4 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.
Mark 4:39 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.
Mark 9:34 But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.
Mark 10:48 Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 14:61 But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
Luke 1:20 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.”
Luke 4:35 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.
Luke 14:4 But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
Luke 18:39 Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 19:40 “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
Luke 20:26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
Acts 8:32 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.
Acts 12:17 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…
Acts 15:12 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.
Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
Acts 19:33 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.
Acts 21:14 When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
Acts 22:2 When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
1 Corinthians 14:34 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
1 Peter 2:15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Revelation 8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.