31 Bible Verses about Individuals Being Silent

And the fellow wondered at her. But held his peace, to wete whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dina, his daughter, but his sons were with the cattle in the field: and therefore he held his peace, until they were come.

Nevertheless, yet Saul said nothing at all that day. For he thought, 'Something has chanced him that he is not clean.'

Then Moses said unto Aaron, "This is it that the LORD spake, saying, 'I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.

When she saw that she would needs go with her, she left speaking unto her.

But the children of Belial said, "How shall he save us?" And despised him and brought him not presents. And he made as though he had not heard it.

for as truly as the LORD liveth, which hath saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall die for it." But no man answered him of all the people.

Then Absalom her brother said unto her, "Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? Now then, be still my sister: for he is thy brother. And let not this thing grieve thine heart." And so Tamar remained discomforted in her brother Absalom's house.

And Absalom said unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. Howbeit, Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.

And Elijah came unto all the people and said, "Why halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be very God, follow him: or if Baal be he, follow him." And the people answered him not one word.

But the people held their peace and answered him not a word: for the king had commanded, saying, "Answer him not."

Unto this Hezekiah's messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them that they should give him none answer.

{Yod} The Senators of the daughter Zion sit upon the ground in silence: they have strawed ashes upon their heads, and girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

And he said to them, "Whether is it lawful? To do a good deed on the Sabbath day, or an evil? To save a man's life, or to kill?" But they held their peace.

And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go:

And they could not reprove his saying before the people. But they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

And they held their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselves, who should be the chiefest.

Then all the multitude was peaced and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul which told what signs and wonders God had showed among the gentiles by them.

When they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence.

when the princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth;

when the mighty kept still their voice, and when their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths;

If I had spoken, they would have it none other ways, my words were so well taken among them.

Unto me men gave ear, me they regarded, and with silence they tarried for my counsel.

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.

{To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

I held my tongue; I was dumb. I kept silence, yea even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me.

They sat them down by him also upon the ground seven days and seven nights. Neither was there any of them that spake one word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

So these three men would strive no more with Job, because he held himself a righteous man.

And even at that point, came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said unto him, "What meanest thou," or "Why talkest thou with her?"

Behold, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know, indeed, that this is very Christ?