Exodus 4:11Ezekiel 3:26Ezekiel 24:27Ezekiel 33:22Daniel 10:15Psalm 31:18Psalm 39:239:9Isaiah 53:7Acts 8:32Proverbs 31:8 Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 35:6 Habakkuk 2:18-19 1 Corinthians 12:2

In the New Testament muteness is either not explained (Mark 7:32 ,Mark 7:32,7:37 ) or else attributed to demons (Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22; Mark 9:17 ,Mark 9:17,9:25; Luke 11:14 ). An exception is Zechariah's muteness (Luke 1:20 ,Luke 1:20,1:22 ) which served as a sign of the truthfulness of Gabriel's message as well as a punishment for Zechariah's unbelief.