Quotes about Silence
A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- Proverbs 12:23
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 13:3
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Proverbs 17:28
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- Proverbs 24:7
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Proverbs 26:20
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
- Ecclesiastes 3:7
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.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3
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,
- Ecclesiastes 12:4
Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
- Isaiah 23:2
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- Isaiah 24:8
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- Isaiah 36:21