Quotes about Silence
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
“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
— Isaiah 41:1
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
— Isaiah 41:28