Ecclesiastes 3:7

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate

Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow t

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservant

She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear th

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this ma

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked arou

When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sac

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully

Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And

“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with y

Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, we

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw ho

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our Go

Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David