25 Bible Verses About Being Quiet (ESV)

14 The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

28   Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
    when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

10   “Be still, and know that I am God.
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth!”

11   A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
    but a wise man quietly holds it back.

12   Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense,
    but a man of understanding remains silent.

19   When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

7   Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

13   If one gives an answer before he hears,
    it is his folly and shame.

4   Be angry, and do not sin;
    ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

20   For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.

24   “Teach me, and I will be silent;
    make me understand how I have gone astray.

4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

26   It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the LORD.

3   You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.

17   The LORD your God is in your midst,
    a mighty one who will save;
  he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
  he will exult over you with loud singing.

8   The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

3   Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

15   For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,
  “In returning and rest you shall be saved;
    in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
  But you were unwilling,