Topic
Silence
17 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.
- 1 Samuel 2:9ISBE
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 32:3ISBE
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
- Psalms 35:22ISBE
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalms 83:1ISBE
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- Psalms 94:17ISBE
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- Psalms 115:17ISBE
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
- Ecclesiastes 3:7ISBE
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- Isaiah 41:1ISBE
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.
- Jeremiah 8:14ISBE
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.
- Lamentations 2:10ISBE
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.
- Amos 5:13ISBE
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- Zechariah 2:13ISBE
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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- Acts 15:12 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 14:28 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 2:11 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 2:12 ISBE
- Revelation 8:1 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
si'-lens: Five Hebrew roots, with various derivatives, and two Greek words are thus translated. The word is used literally for dumbness, interrupted speech, as in La 2:10; Ps 32:3; Ec 3:7; Am 5:13; Ac 15:12; 1Co 14:28; 1Ti 2:11,12 the King James Version (the American Standard Revised Version "quietness"); Re 8:1, or figuratively of the unanswered prayers of the believer (Ps 83:1; 35:22; Jer 8:14); of awe in the presence of the Divine Majesty (Isa 41:1; Zec 2:13), or of death (1Sa 2:9; Ps 94:17; 115:17).
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.