Bible Verses about “silence”
The Bible contains 24 verses about silence across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”
“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”
“¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.”
“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.”
“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”
“¶ 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.”
“And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
“¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.”
“The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
“Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
“¶ He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.”
“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.”
“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.”
“[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
“But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.”
“¶ And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”
“¶ To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.”
“Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.”
“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.”