Topic
Quiet
9 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 25:27ISBE
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
- Judges 18:7ISBE
¶ Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and…
- Psalms 35:20ISBE
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- Proverbs 1:33ISBE
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
- Ecclesiastes 9:17ISBE
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
- Jeremiah 51:59ISBE
¶ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11ISBE
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
- 1 Timothy 2:2ISBE
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
- 1 Peter 3:4ISBE
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
kwi'-et: Verb or adjective only in English Versions of the Bible, "quietness" being used for the noun. No special Hebrew or Greek words are represented, but in the Old Testament usually for some form or derivative of shaqaT, "be undisturbed" (Jud 18:7; compare Pr 1:33, sha'ar, "to loll," "be at ease"; Ec 9:17, nachath, "quiet," "be set on"). For "them that are quiet in the land", in Ps 35:20, see MEEKNESS; POOR. For "quiet prince in Jer 51:59, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "chief chamberlain," margin "quartermaster." "Jacob was a quiet (tam, "gentle"] man" (Ge 25:27, the King James Version "plain"). In the New Testament, it is the translation of hesuchazo, "to refrain from gossip or meddlesomehess": "that ye study to be quiet": (1Th 4:11), and of hesuchios, "gentle": "a meek and quiet spirit" (1Pe 3:4; compare 1Ti 2:2).
M. O. Evans
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.