Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'silence' occurs 41 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'silence' in the standard works and contain 14.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 25 0 25
NT 10 0 10
Matt. 1 0 1
Acts 3 0 3
1 Cor. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 4 1 5
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 41 1 42

Matt. 22:34
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

Acts 15:12
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

Acts 21:40
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

Acts 22:2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

1 Cor. 14:28
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

1 Cor. 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

1 Tim. 2:11
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

1 Tim. 2:12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

1 Pet. 2:15
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Rev. 8:1
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.