Quotes About Silence

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

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

“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.