Quotes About Silence

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Though I cry out, ëViolence!í I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

Jobís friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.