Quiet

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.   Judges 8:28 

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.   Judges 16:2 

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.   Judges 18:7 

And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.   Judges 18:27 

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.   2 Samuel 3:27 

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.   2 Kings 11:20 

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.   1 Chronicles 4:40 

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.   1 Chronicles 22:9 

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.   2 Chronicles 14:1 

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.   2 Chronicles 14:5 

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.   2 Chronicles 20:30 

And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.   2 Chronicles 23:21 

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.   Job 3:13-16 

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.   Job 3:26 

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.   Job 20:20 

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.   Job 21:23 

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.   Job 34:29, 30 

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.   Job 37:17-19 

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.   Psalm 35:20 

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.   Psalm 107:30 

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.   Psalm 131:2 

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.   Proverbs 1:33 

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.   Proverbs 17:1 

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.   Ecclesiastes 4:6 

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.   Ecclesiastes 9:17 

And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.   Isaiah 7:4 

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.   Isaiah 14:7 

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.   Isaiah 30:15 

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.   Isaiah 32:17-19 

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.   Isaiah 33:20 

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.   Jeremiah 30:10 

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.   Jeremiah 47:6, 7 

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.   Jeremiah 49:23 

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.   Jeremiah 51:59 

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.   Lamentations 3:26 

So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.   Ezekiel 16:42 

Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.   Nahum 1:12 

Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.   Zechariah 6:8 

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.   Acts 19:36 

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.   Acts 24:2, 3 

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.   1 Thessalonians 4:11, 12 

Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.   2 Thessalonians 3:12 

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.   1 Timothy 2:2 

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.   1 Peter 3:4 

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