Quotes about Silence
I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
- Job 40:5
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
- Psalm 8:2
Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
- Psalm 19:3
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Psalm 22:2
Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalm 28:1
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
- Psalm 31:17
May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Psalm 31:18
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalm 32:3
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalm 35:22
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Psalm 39:1
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- Psalm 39:2
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
- Psalm 39:9