25 Bible Verses About Silence (ESV)

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

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

5   For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
    for my hope is from him.

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

3   Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
    keep watch over the door of my lips!

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

20   But the LORD is in his holy temple;
    let all the earth keep silence before him.”

11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

21   “Men listened to me and waited
    and kept silence for my counsel.

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

8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

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!

7   He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    yet he opened not his mouth;
  like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.

34 the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

28   Let him sit alone in silence
    when it is laid on him;

17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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

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,

7   a time to tear, and a time to sew;
  a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

62:1   For God alone my soul waits in silence;
    from him comes my salvation.

6   A fool’s lips walk into a fight,
    and his mouth invites a beating.
7   A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
    and his lips are a snare to his soul.

3   Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
    keep watch over the door of my lips!
4   Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
  in company with men who work iniquity,
    and let me not eat of their delicacies!

23   A prudent man conceals knowledge,
    but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

23   Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
    keeps himself out of trouble.