Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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Genesis 10:3
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
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Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
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Genesis 34:5
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Matthew 5:38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
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2 Samuel 7:18
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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1 Kings 2:36
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
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1 Kings 22:3
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
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Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job 3:1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Psalms 106:33
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
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Job 4:2
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 13:19
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job 20:2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Job 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Job 32:13
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Job 32:14
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Job 32:15
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
Job 32:16
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Job 32:17
I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Romans 10:2
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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Psalms 28:1
A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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Psalms 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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Psalms 62:1
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 65:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
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Psalms 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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Psalms 94:17
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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Psalms 119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
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Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:8
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matthew 26:33
Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
John 13:37
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
John 18:9
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
John 18:10
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
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Ezekiel 24:24
Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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Psalms 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Amos 6:10
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Micah 7:5
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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Matthew 26:62
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 14:61
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Luke 13:32
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Luke 23:9
Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
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Acts 17:16
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
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Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
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Psalms 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 13:2
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 16:10
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 21:26
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
James 3:4
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 72:1
A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Proverbs 4:24
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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