And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

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.

The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

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.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

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.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.