Bible Verses About Quietness

"But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him."

"It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,"

"Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel."

"Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?"

"Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous."

"When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long."

"This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me."

"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred."

"Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

"These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes."

"Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God."

"Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence."

"The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence."

"A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;"

"The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;"

"Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment."

"I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,"

"Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,"

"Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD."

"The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground."

"He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him."

"Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time."

"And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence."

"But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."

"But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together."

"Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them."

"And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,"

"(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)"

"But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God."

"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."

"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection."

"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."

"For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:"

"And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."

"Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon."

"Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days."

"Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired."

"When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:"

"Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife."

"Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."

"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."

"And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

"And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,"

"Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread."

"And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?"

"Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah."

"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."

"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah."

"Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished."

"O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still."

"And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm."

"Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity."