What Does the Bible Say About Silence Is Gold?

John 4:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

James 3:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

1 Corinthians 11:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 8:1-36 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. ...

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

2 Corinthians 8:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. ...

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

Acts 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Proverbs 20:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

Genesis 24:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.

Genesis 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

1 Peter 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—

24 Bible Verses about Silence Is Gold

John 4:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 3:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 8:1-36 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 24:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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24 Bible Verses about Silence Is Gold

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John 4:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 3:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 8:1-36 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 24:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote