20 Bible Verses about Silence

As soon as the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together,

Then he asked them. "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?"

So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.

But since they saw the man standing with them who had been healed, they had nothing to answer.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

Now the portion of Scripture which he was reading was as follows. He was led a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, So he opened not his mouth.

But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned him. "Are you the Christ," he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished.

"Do you make no answer?" he said, "See, how many accusations they are making." But Jesus no longer made any answer, at which Pilate wondered.

and entering the Praetorium again, he said to Jesus, "What is your origin?"

So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quit! Come out of him." So the unclean spirit, after tearing him, came out of him with a loud cry;

And Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quiet! Come out of him." And when the demon had thrown the man down before them, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven, about the space of half an hour.

When the voice ceased Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no one at that time about what they had seen.

Then the whole assembly remained silent, and listened to Barnabas and Saul as they told the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and, after embracing them, bade them farewell, and started for Macedonia.