{"query": "A parable — Silence better", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_5b1b498f6ae0", "title": "A parable — Silence better", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man in the council never spoke first. When his turn came, he had heard everyone and the matter was clearer. Those who had spoken first had often spoken twice — once to argue, and once to retract. He"}, {"id": "card_c_04072367124b", "title": "A parable — Silence better ↔ A parable — Speech silence", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Silence is sometimes the most honest contribution. (A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)  — a concord the card itself states; mi"}, {"id": "card_n_e518ae8c8e4c", "title": "A parable — Doubt silence", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The psalmist cried: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He cried it day and night, and there was no answer. He wrote the cry down anyway. Centuries later the Son of God said the same words from"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g9090", "title": "G9090 — σιωπή (siōpē): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "σιωπή (siōpē), Strong's G9090: silence. 1. silence , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; σιωπὴν ποιεῖν (Xenophon Historicus); ἦν ς. there was a hush or calm , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. the habit of silence , (D"}, {"id": "card_n_17ba1fbceeda", "title": "A parable — Unconformity", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A scribe wrote the history of a kingdom from the stones in its walls. He thought he had written all of it. But beneath the wall, between two layers of stone, was a missing age — a famine, a fault, a s"}, {"id": "card_n_f8186323a970", "title": "A parable — Speech silence", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The proverb is dry. It does not say the fool became wise. It only says he was"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h1748", "title": "H1748 — דּוּמָם (du.mam): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "דּוּמָם (du.mam), Strong's H1748: silence. 1) silence adv 2) in silence, silently"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g7917", "title": "G7917 — κατασιωπάω (katasiōpaō): to observe silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "κατασιωπάω (katasiōpaō), Strong's G7917: to observe silence. 1. to be silent about a thing, (Demosthenes Orator) 2. Causal, to make silent, silence , (Xenophon Historicus): Mid. to cause silence , (Xe"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h482", "title": "H482 — אֵ֫לֶם (e.lem): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "אֵ֫לֶם (e.lem), Strong's H482: silence. in silence, silent"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h1745", "title": "H1745 — דּוּמָה (du.mah): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "דּוּמָה (du.mah), Strong's H1745: silence. silence"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g21094", "title": "G21094 — σιγηρός (sigēros): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "σιγηρός (sigēros), Strong's G21094: silence. silence"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_16_16", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:16", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 16:16 — Solomon here not only asserts that it is better to get wisdom than gold (Pro 3:14, Pro 8:19), but he speaks it with assurance, that it is much better, better beyond expression - wi"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g4602", "title": "G4602 — σιγή (sigē): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "σιγή (sigē), Strong's G4602: silence. σιγή , -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Wis.18:14 , 3Ma.3:23 * ;] silence : Act.21:40 , Rev.8:1 .† (AS)"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g6408", "title": "G6408 — ἀπενεόομαι (apeneoomai): to silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "ἀπενεόομαι (apeneoomai), Strong's G6408: to silence. to silence; to render speechless"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g7916", "title": "G7916 — κατασιγάω (katasigaō): to observe silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "κατασιγάω (katasigaō), Strong's G7916: to observe silence. to observe silence"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h1747", "title": "H1747 — דּוּמִיָּה (du.miy.yah): silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "דּוּמִיָּה (du.miy.yah), Strong's H1747: silence. silence, still, repose, still waiting"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g1993", "title": "G1993 — ἐπιστομίζω (epistomizō): to silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "ἐπιστομίζω (epistomizō), Strong's G1993: to silence. ἐπι-στομίζω (στόμα), to bridle ; metaphorically, to stop the mouth, to silence : Tit.1:11. † (AS)"}, {"id": "card_src_word_wall_of_silence", "title": "wall of silence", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "wall of silence: (noun) the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers — syn: blue wall of silence, blue wall"}, {"id": "card_src_word_blue_wall_of_silence", "title": "blue wall of silence", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "blue wall of silence: (noun) the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers — syn: blue wall, wall of silence"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h2013", "title": "H2013 — הַס (ha.sah): to silence", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "הַס (ha.sah), Strong's H2013: to silence. interj 1) (Piel) hush, keep silence, be silent, hold peace, hold tongue, still v 2)(CLBL) to hush 2a) (Hiphil) to command to be silent"}]}