Bible Cross References
time to rend
Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
Genesis 37:34
And Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men with him.
2 Samuel 3:31
And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner. And King David walked behind the coffin.
1 Kings 21:27
So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and walked about softly.
2 Kings 5:7
And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to take away his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.
2 Kings 6:30
And it happened when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and as he passed by on the wall, the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth inside on his flesh.
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet the king and all his servants who heard these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments.
Joel 2:13
So, tear your heart, and not your garments; and return to Jehovah your God. For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He has compassion concerning the evil.
Acts 9:39
Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
time to keep
Job 2:13
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Psalm 39:2
I was mute with silence; I kept still, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred up.
Isaiah 36:21
But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command said, Do not answer him.
Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? Gather yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there. For Jehovah our God has put us to silence, and has given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:28
He sits alone and keeps silence because He has laid it upon him.
Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Amos 8:3
And the songs of the temple will be howling in that day, declares the Lord Jehovah. Many dead bodies everywhere; and they shall throw them out in silence.
Micah 7:5
Put no faith in a companion; put no trust in a friend; keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;
and a time to speak
Genesis 44:18
Then Judah came near to him and said: O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
Genesis 44:34
For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?
1 Samuel 19:4
Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.
1 Samuel 19:5
For he took his soul in his own hands and killed the Philistine, and Jehovah brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
1 Samuel 25:24-44
24
And she fell at his feet and said: On me, my lord, on me be this iniquity! And please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.
25
Please, let not my lord set his heart on this man of worthlessness, Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
26
Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has held you back from coming to blood and from delivering yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek evil upon my lord be as Nabal.
27
And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who travel on foot with my lord.
28
Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid; for Jehovah will bring about to prepare an established house for my lord, because my lord is fighting the battles of Jehovah, and evil is not found in you all your days.
29
If a man arises to pursue you and seek your soul, the soul of my lord shall be bound up in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God; and the souls of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.
30
And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,
31
that this will not be a matter of conscience, nor stumbling of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has delivered himself. But when Jehovah has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.
32
And David said to Abigail: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
33
And blessed is your discernment and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to blood and from delivering myself with my own hand.
34
For indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come to meet me, surely by morning light there would not have been left to Nabal any who urinate against a wall!
35
So David received from her hand what she had brought to him, and said to her, Go up to your house in peace. Behold, I have heeded your voice and respected your face.
36
And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was exceedingly drunk; therefore she did not tell him a word, little or much, until morning light.
37
And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife had informed him of these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.
38
And it came to pass, after about ten days, that Jehovah struck Nabal, and he died.
39
And when David heard that Nabal had died, he said, Blessed is Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil! For Jehovah has returned the evil of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
40
And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, David has sent us to you to take you to him for a wife.
41
And she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your handmaid, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42
And Abigail hurried and rose up and rode on a donkey, with five of her maidens going on foot; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; both of them were his wives.
44
And Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
Esther 4:13
And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: Do not think in your soul that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the other Jews.
Esther 4:14
For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house shall perish. Yet who knows whether you have attained unto the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther 7:4
For we have been sold, my people and I, to be annihilated, killed and destroyed. Had we been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent, although the enemy could never compensate for the king's loss.
Job 32:4-37
4
Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited for Job, to speak.
5
So when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his wrath was kindled.
6
And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: I am young in years, and you are very old; therefore I have shrunk back, and out of respect for you, have not told my opinion.
7
I said, Age should speak, and multitude of years should declare wisdom.
8
But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.
9
Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always discern justice.
10
Therefore I have said, Listen to me; I also will declare my opinion.
11
Behold, I waited for your speech, I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out words.
12
Yea, I paid attention to you, and behold, not one of you proved Job wrong, nor answered his words;
13
lest you should say, We have found wisdom; the Mighty God will drive him out, not man.
14
Now he has not directed his words against me; so I will not answer him with your words.
15
They have been dismayed and answer no more; they have left off speaking.
16
And I have waited, because they did not speak, because they have stood still and answered no more.
17
I also will answer my share, I too will declare my opinion.
18
For I am full of words; the spirit within me has compelled me.
19
Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent; it is about to split open like new wineskins.
20
I will speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
21
I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I flatter any man.
22
For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away.
Proverbs 24:11
If you refrain from delivering those being led away to death, those about to die;
Proverbs 24:12
if you say, Behold, we did not know it; does not He who ponders the heart consider it? And the Keeper of your soul, does He not know it? And shall He not repay to a man according to his deeds?
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the mute, for the judgment of all those sentenced to destruction.
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the case of the poor and needy.
Luke 19:37-40
37
And as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
38
saying: Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest!
39
And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.
40
But He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.
Acts 4:20
For we are not able not to speak the things which we have seen and heard.