Bible Verses About Quiet
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for quiet, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,391 votes, led by 1 Thessalonians 4:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Quiet
1 Thessalonians 4:11225 votes
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Peter 3:4168 votes
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Psalms 46:10164 votes
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
James 1:19140 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Isaiah 30:15137 votes
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Proverbs 17:28122 votes
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
1 Timothy 2:2114 votes
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Lamentations 3:26112 votes
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 9:17110 votes
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Proverbs 15:185 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ecclesiastes 3:780 votes
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Zephaniah 3:1780 votes
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Isaiah 32:1777 votes
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Psalms 131:273 votes
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Exodus 14:1466 votes
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
James 3:1762 votes
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Proverbs 1:3352 votes
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs 11:1249 votes
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Psalms 62:545 votes
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 37:743 votes
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Proverbs 10:1943 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
2 Thessalonians 3:1237 votes
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Psalms 4:434 votes
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Job 6:2424 votes
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Psalms 62:124 votes
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
What does the Bible say about quiet?
Readers most often cite 1 Thessalonians 4:11 on the subject of quiet. Across 2,391 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:4, Psalms 46:10, James 1:19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.