Quotes About Silence

He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.

They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.

Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”

So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.

Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the kingís household.”

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your fatherís house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.