Bible Cross References
time to rend
Genesis 37:29
When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow.
Genesis 37:34
Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.
2 Samuel 1:11
David tore his clothes in sorrow, and all his men did the same.
2 Samuel 3:31
Then David ordered Joab and his men to tear their clothes, wear sackcloth, and mourn for Abner. And at the funeral King David himself walked behind the coffin.
1 Kings 21:27
When Elijah finished speaking, Ahab tore his clothes, took them off, and put on sackcloth. He refused food, slept in the sackcloth, and went about gloomy and depressed.
2 Kings 5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and exclaimed, "How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It's plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!"
2 Kings 6:30
Hearing this, the king tore his clothes in dismay, and the people who were close to the wall could see that he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.
Jeremiah 36:24
But neither the king nor any of his officials who heard all this was afraid or showed any sign of sorrow.
Joel 2:13
Let your broken heart show your sorrow; tearing your clothes is not enough." Come back to the LORD your God. He is kind and full of mercy; he is patient and keeps his promise; he is always ready to forgive and not punish.
Acts 9:39
So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive.
time to keep
Job 2:13
Then they sat there on the ground with him for seven days and nights without saying a word, because they saw how much he was suffering.
Psalm 39:2
I kept quiet, not saying a word, not even about anything good! But my suffering only grew worse,
Isaiah 36:21
The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word.
Jeremiah 8:14
"Why are we sitting still?" God's people ask. "Come on, we will run to the fortified cities and die there. The LORD our God has condemned us to die; he has given us poison to drink, because we have sinned against him.
Lamentations 3:28
When we suffer, we should sit alone in silent patience;
Amos 5:13
And so, keeping quiet in such evil times is the smart thing to do!
Amos 8:3
On that day the songs in the palace will become cries of mourning. There will be dead bodies everywhere. They will be cast out in silence."
Micah 7:5
Don't believe your neighbor or trust your friend. Be careful what you say even to your husband or wife.
and a time to speak
Genesis 44:18
Judah went up to Joseph and said, "Please, sir, allow me to speak with you freely. Don't be angry with me; you are like the king himself.
Genesis 44:34
How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I cannot bear to see this disaster come upon my father."
1 Samuel 19:4
Jonathan praised David to Saul and said, "Sir, don't do wrong to your servant David. He has never done you any wrong; on the contrary, everything he has done has been a great help to you.
1 Samuel 19:5
He risked his life when he killed Goliath, and the LORD won a great victory for Israel. When you saw it, you were glad. Why, then, do you now want to do wrong to an innocent man and kill David for no reason at all?"
1 Samuel 25:24-44
24
at David's feet, and said to him, "Please, sir, listen to me! Let me take the blame.
25
Please, don't pay any attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing! He is exactly what his name means---a fool! I wasn't there when your servants arrived, sir.
26
It is the LORD who has kept you from taking revenge and killing your enemies. And now I swear to you by the living LORD that your enemies and all who want to harm you will be punished like Nabal.
27
Please, sir, accept this present I have brought you, and give it to your men.
28
Please forgive me, sir, for any wrong I have done. The LORD will make you king, and your descendants also, because you are fighting his battles; and you will not do anything evil as long as you live.
29
If anyone should attack you and try to kill you, the LORD your God will keep you safe, as someone guards a precious treasure. As for your enemies, however, he will throw them away, as someone hurls stones with a sling.
30
And when the LORD has done all the good things he has promised you and has made you king of Israel,
31
then you will not have to feel regret or remorse, sir, for having killed without cause or for having taken your own revenge. And when the LORD has blessed you, sir, please do not forget me."
32
David said to her, "Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
33
Thank God for your good sense and for what you have done today in keeping me from the crime of murder and from taking my own revenge.
34
The LORD has kept me from harming you. But I swear by the living God of Israel that if you had not hurried to meet me, all of Nabal's men would have been dead by morning!"
35
Then David accepted what she had brought him and said to her, "Go back home and don't worry. I will do what you want."
36
Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.
37
Then, after he had sobered up, she told him everything. He suffered a stroke and was completely paralyzed.
38
Some ten days later the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
39
When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, "Praise the LORD! He has taken revenge on Nabal for insulting me and has kept me his servant from doing wrong. The LORD has punished Nabal for his evil." Then David sent a proposal of marriage to Abigail.
40
His servants went to her at Carmel and said to her, "David sent us to take you to him to be his wife."
41
Abigail bowed down to the ground and said, "I am his servant, ready to wash the feet of his servants."
42
She rose quickly and mounted her donkey. Accompanied by her five maids, she went with David's servants and became his wife.
43
David had married Ahinoam from Jezreel, and now Abigail also became his wife.
44
Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, who had been David's wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from the town of Gallim.
Esther 4:13
he sent her this warning: "Don't imagine that you are safer than any other Jew just because you are in the royal palace.
Esther 4:14
If you keep quiet at a time like this, help will come from heaven to the Jews, and they will be saved, but you will die and your father's family will come to an end. Yet who knows---maybe it was for a time like this that you were made queen!"
Esther 7:4
My people and I have been sold for slaughter. If it were nothing more serious than being sold into slavery, I would have kept quiet and not bothered you about it; but we are about to be destroyed---exterminated!"
Job 32:4-37
4
Because Elihu was the youngest one there, he had waited until everyone finished speaking.
5
When he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he was angry
6
and began to speak. I am young, and you are old, so I was afraid to tell you what I think.
7
I told myself that you ought to speak, that you older men should share your wisdom.
8
But it is the spirit of Almighty God that comes to us and gives us wisdom.
9
It is not growing old that makes us wise or helps us to know what is right.
10
So now I want you to listen to me; let me tell you what I think.
11
I listened patiently while you were speaking and waited while you searched for wise phrases.
12
I paid close attention and heard you fail; you have not disproved what Job has said.
13
How can you claim you have discovered wisdom? God must answer Job, for you have failed.
14
Job was speaking to you, not to me, but I would never answer the way you did.
15
Words have failed them, Job; they have no answer for you.
16
Shall I go on waiting when they are silent? They stand there with nothing more to say.
17
No, I will give my own answer now and tell you what I think.
18
I can hardly wait to speak. I can't hold back the words.
19
If I don't get a chance to speak, I will burst like a wineskin full of new wine.
20
I can't stand it; I have to speak.
21
I will not take sides in this debate; I am not going to flatter anyone.
22
I don't know how to flatter, and God would quickly punish me if I did.
Proverbs 24:11
Don't hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly.
Proverbs 24:12
You may say that it is none of your business, but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you; he knows. And he will reward you according to what you do.
Proverbs 31:8
"Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
Luke 19:37-40
37
When he came near Jerusalem, at the place where the road went down the Mount of Olives, the large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen:
38
"God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!"
39
Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. "Teacher," they said, "command your disciples to be quiet!"
40
Jesus answered, "I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting."
Acts 4:20
For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard."