Biblical Concept: Silence
Findings
Divine silence.
Silent judgment relationship.
Silent, sin, suffering relationship.
A time to be silent.
A time not to be silent.
War robs silence.
Prudence, silence, evil time.
Spiritually: “do not be silent.”
Silence and sanctified spiritual
idealism
Deceived by silence.
False teachers must be silenced. (No
violence suggested.)
“Be silent before the Lord God!”
“My soul waits in silence for God
only”
Silent suffering relationship.
Silent awe.
“the wicked ones are silenced in
darkness”
NAS Zephaniah 1:7 Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the LORD is near, For the
LORD has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests. (“Be silent
before the Lord God!”)
NAS Zechariah 2:13 "Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His
holy habitation."
NAS Psalm 50:3 May our God come and
not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around
Him.
NAS Psalm 50:21 "These things you
have done, and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will
reprove you, and state the case in order before your eyes. (Deceived by
silence.)
NAS Psalm 62:1 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 waits in
silence for God only”)
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My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.
NAS Revelation 8:1 And when He broke the
seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
NAS Lamentations 3:26 It is good that he waits silently For the
salvation of the LORD.
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Silent
NAS Genesis 34:5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were
with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in. (A time to be silent.)
NAS Exodus 14:14 "The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent." (A unique
verse.)
NAS Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By
those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I
will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent. (A time to be silent.)
NAS Deuteronomy 27:9 Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, "Be
silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD
your God. (A
time to be silent.)
NAS Judges 16:2 When it was told to the Gazites,
saying, "Samson has come here," they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the
city. And they kept silent all night, saying, "Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him."
NAS Judges 18:19 And they said to him, "Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and
come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a
priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in
Israel?" (Tribe of Dan.)
NAS 1 Samuel 10:27 But certain worthless men said, "How can this one deliver us?"
And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent. (A time to be silent.)
NAS 2 Samuel 13:20 Then Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been
with you? But now keep silent, my sister, he is your brother; do not take this
matter to heart." So Tamar remained and was desolate in her brother
Absalom's house.
NAS 2 Samuel 19:10 "However, Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now
then, why are you silent about bringing the king back?"
NAS 2 Kings 7:9 Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a
day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light,
punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's
household." (A time not to be silent.)
NAS 2 Kings 18:36 But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's
commandment was, "Do not answer him." (A time to be silent.)
NAS Nehemiah 5:8 And I said to them, "We according to our ability have redeemed our
Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your
brothers that they may be sold to us?" Then they were silent and could not
find a word to say. (A time to be
silent.)
NAS Esther 4:14 "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will
arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will
perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as
this?" (A time not to be silent.)
NAS Esther 7:4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and
to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I
would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the
annoyance to the king." (A time not to be silent.)
NAS Job 6:17 "When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they
vanish from their place.
24 "Teach me, and I
will be silent; And show me how I have erred.
NAS Job 13:5 "O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your
wisdom!
13 "Be silent before
me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.
19 "Who will contend
with me? For then I would be silent and die.
NAS Job 29:21 "To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
NAS Job 31:34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families
terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
NAS Job 33:31 "Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent and let me speak.
33 "If not, listen
to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
NAS Psalm 28:1 A Psalm of David. To Thee, O
LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, Lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become
like those who go down to the pit. (Divine silence.)
NAS Psalm 30:12 That my soul may sing praise to
Thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to Thee forever. (A
time not to be silent.)
NAS Psalm 31:17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon Thee; Let the wicked
be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. (Silent judgment relationship.)
NAS Psalm 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin,
my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. (Silent, sin, suffering relationship.)
NAS Psalm 35:22 Thou hast seen it, O LORD, do not keep silent; O Lord, do not be far from
me. (Divine silence.)
NAS Psalm 39:2 I was dumb and silent, I refrained even
from good; And my sorrow grew worse.
12 "Hear my prayer,
O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a
stranger with Thee, A sojourner like all my fathers. (Divine silence.)
NAS Psalm 83:1 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God,
do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still. (Divine silence.)
NAS Psalm 109:1 For the choir director. A Psalm of
David. O God of my praise, Do not be silent! (Divine silence.)
NAS Proverbs 11:12 He who despises his neighbor lacks sense, But a man of understanding keeps
silent. (A time to be silent.)
NAS Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his
lips, he is counted prudent. (Fool,
silent, wise relationship.) (A time to be silent.)
NAS Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and
a time to speak. (“A time to be silent”)
NAS Isaiah 23:2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your
messengers crossed the sea (A time to be silent.)
NAS Isaiah 36:21 But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's
commandment was, "Do not answer him." (A time to be silent.)
NAS Isaiah 42:14 "I have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained
Myself. Now like a woman in labor I
will groan, I will both gasp and pant. (Divine silence.)
NAS Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like
a lamb that
is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth. (Divine silence.)
NAS Isaiah 57:11 "Of whom were you worried and fearful, When you lied, and did not
remember Me, Nor give Me a thought?
Was I not silent even for a long time So you do not fear Me? (Divine silence.)
NAS Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I will
not keep quiet, Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her
salvation like a torch that is burning. (Spiritually: “do not be silent.)
6 On your walls, O
Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep
silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; (Spiritually: “do
not be silent.)
NAS Isaiah 64:12 Wilt Thou restrain Thyself at these things, O LORD? Wilt Thou keep silent
and afflict us beyond measure? (Divine silence.) (Silence judgement
relationship.)
NAS Isaiah 65:6 "Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will
repay; I will even repay into their bosom,
(Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 4:19 My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in
me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the
trumpet, The alarm of war. (War robs silence.)
NAS Jeremiah 25:37 "And the peaceful folds are made silent Because of the fierce anger
of the LORD. (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads; They have girded themselves with
sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground. (Silence
judgement relationship.)
NAS Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him. (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Ezekiel 27:32 "Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you
And lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of
the sea? (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Amos 5:13 Therefore, at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an
evil time. (Prudence, silence, evil time.) (A time to be silent.)
NAS Habakkuk 1:13 Thine eyes are too pure to
approve evil, And Thou canst not look on wickedness with favor. Why dost Thou look with favor On those who deal
treacherously? Why art Thou silent when the wicked swallow up Those more
righteous than they? (Divine silence.)
NAS Habakkuk 2:20 "But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent
before Him." (All)
NAS Zephaniah 1:7 Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the LORD is near, For the
LORD has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests. (All)
NAS Zechariah 2:13 "Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His
holy habitation." (All)
NAS Matthew 26:63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I adjure You
by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of
God." (Divine silence)
NAS Mark 3:4 And He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do
harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent.
NAS Mark 9:34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another
which of them was the greatest.
NAS Mark 14:61 But He kept silent, and made no answer. Again the high priest was
questioning Him, and saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed One?" (Divine silence)
NAS Luke 1:20 "And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day
when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which shall
be fulfilled in their proper time." (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Luke 9:36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept
silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the things which they had
seen.
NAS Luke 14:4 But they kept silent. And He took hold of him, and healed him, and sent
him away.
NAS Luke 19:40 And He answered and said, "I tell you, if these become silent, the
stones will cry out!"
NAS Luke 20:26 And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the
people; and marveling at His answer, they became silent.
NAS Acts 8:32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was
led as a sheep to slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He
does not open His mouth. (Divine silence)
NAS Acts 12:17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how
the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, "Report these things
to James and the brethren." And he departed and went to another place.
NAS Acts 15:12 And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and
Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them
among the Gentiles. (A time to be silent.)
NAS Acts 18:9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid
any longer, but go on speaking and do
not be silent; (Spiritually: “do not be silent.”)
NAS Acts 21:14 And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, "The
will of the Lord be done!" (A time to be silent.)
NAS 1 Corinthians 14:28 but if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church; and let
him speak to himself and to God. (A time to be silent.)
30 But if a revelation is
made to another who is seated, let the first keep silent. (A time to be silent.)
34 Let the women keep silent in the
churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but let them subject themselves,
just as the Law also says. (See Biblical
Concept: Assembly, Women, and Speaking.)
Silence
NAS Genesis 24:21 Meanwhile, the man was
gazing at her in silence, to know whether the LORD had made his journey
successful or not. (A time to be silent.)
NAS Judges 3:19 But he himself turned back from the idols which were at
Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he
said, "Keep silence." And all who attended him left him.
NAS Job 4:16 "It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There
was silence, then I heard a voice:
NAS Job 11:3 "Shall your boasts
silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?
NAS Job 41:12 "I will not keep
silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
NAS Psalm 50:3 May our God come and
not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around
Him. (Divine silence.)
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"These things you have done, and I kept silence; You thought that I was
just like you; I will reprove you, and state the case in order before
your eyes. (All)
NAS Psalm 62:1 For the choir
director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waits in
silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. (All)
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My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. (All)
NAS Psalm 65:1 For the choir
director. A Psalm of David. A Song. There will be silence before Thee, and
praise in Zion, O God; And to Thee the vow will be performed.
NAS Psalm 94:17 If the LORD had not
been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
NAS Psalm 115:17 The dead do not praise
the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;
NAS Isaiah 41:1 "Coastlands,
listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come
forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment. (Silence
judgement relationship.)
NAS Ezekiel 26:13 "So I will
silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no
more. (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Amos 8:3 "The songs of the
palace will turn to wailing in that day," declares the Lord God.
"Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth
in silence." (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Matthew 22:34 But when the Pharisees
heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves
together.
NAS 1 Peter 2:15 For such is the will
of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
(Silence and sanctified spiritual idealism)
NAS Revelation 8:1 And when He broke the
seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Silent Awe)
Silenced
NAS 1 Samuel 2:9 "He keeps the
feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not
by might shall a man prevail. (Silence and sanctified spiritual idealism.)
(“the wicked ones are silenced in darkness”)
NAS Job 23:17 But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which
covers me.
NAS Isaiah 25:5 Like heat in drought,
Thou dost subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a
cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced. (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 48:2 "There is praise
for Moab no longer; In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her: 'Come
and let us cut her off from being a nation!' You too, Madmen, will be
silenced; The sword will follow after you. (Silence judgement relationship)
NAS Jeremiah 49:26 "Therefore, her
young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in
that day," declares the LORD of hosts. (Silence judgement relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 50:30 "Therefore her
young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in
that day," declares the LORD. (Silence judgement relationship)
NAS Lamentations 3:53 They have silenced me
in the pit And have placed a stone on me. (Silence judgement relationship)
NAS Zephaniah 1:11 "Wail, O inhabitants
of the Mortar, For all the people of Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out
silver will be cut off. (Silence judgement relationship)
NAS Titus 1:11 who must be silenced
because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach,
for the sake of sordid gain. (False teachers must be silenced.)
Silently
NAS Isaiah 47:5 "Sit silently,
and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you will no more be
called The queen of kingdoms. (Silent judgement relationship.)
NAS Lamantations 3:26 It is good that he waits silently For the
salvation of the LORD. (All)
NAS Ezekiel 24:17 "Groan silently;
make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your
feet, and do not cover your mustache, and do not eat the bread of
men." (Silent suffering relationship.)