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Want to know what the Bible says about Silence? Here are 100 Bible verses about Silence from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Isaiah 65:6 NIV
“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps
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Psalm 107:42 NIV
The upright see and rejoice,
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.
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Isaiah 15:1 NIV
A prophecy against Moab:
Ar in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
Kir in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
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Luke 9:18 NIV
Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
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1 Kings 19:12 NIV
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
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Exodus 33:7 NIV
Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.
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Exodus 33:11 NIV
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
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Isaiah 47:5 NIV
“Sit in silence, go into darkness,
    queen city of the Babylonians;
no more will you be called
    queen of kingdoms.
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Ezekiel 3:18-19 NIV
18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die, ’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.
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