32 Bible Verses About Being Silent and Silence

Are there times when you feel you need to be silent? Not every comment or post we see online needs a response. Sometimes, as we see in the Holy Bible, we are to be silent. Learn when to speak and when to be silent as you examine the Scriptures.

There are 400 years of silence where the Word of God was not recorded. This is known as the time between Malachi and the first New Testament Gospel, Matthew. Let’s explore both the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT) for Bible verses about being silent or silence.

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. Exodus 14:14 ESV

Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Psalm 4:4 NLT

Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. Job 6:24 ESV

Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! Job 13:5 ESV

If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”Job 33:33 ESV

Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Psalm 4:4 ESV

I pray to you, O Lord, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I might as well give up and die. Psalm 28:1NLT

I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. Psalm 39:2 ESV

These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself.

Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him. Psalm 50:3 NLT

But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. Psalm 50:21 ESV

More Bible Verses On Being Silent or Silence.

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent. Proverbs 11:12 ESV

Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent. Proverbs 17:28 NLT

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. Isaiah 53:7 ESV

But the Lord is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him. Habakkuk 2:20 NLT

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time. Amos 5:13 ESV

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” Mark 1:25 ESV

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” Acts 18:9-10 ESV

If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent. 1 Corinthians 14:30 ESV

But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately. 1 Corinthians 14:28 NLT

Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says. 1 Corinthians 14:34 NLT

May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. Psalm 12:3 NLT

Silence their lying lips— those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly. Psalm 31:18 NLT

In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant. Psalm 143:13 NLT

But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm. Isaiah 17:13 NLT

O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms. Isaiah 47:5 NLT

But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord; their vindication will come from me. I, the Lord, have spoken! Isaiah 54:17 NLT

For the Lord is destroying Babylon. He will silence her loud voice. Waves of enemies pound against her; the noise of battle rings through the city. Jeremiah 51:55 NLT

When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39 NLT

It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you. 1 Peter 2:15 NLT

When the Lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll there was silence throughout heaven for about half an hour. Revelation 8:1 NLT

…a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV

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