Bible Dictionary: Being Quiet

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Greek

2272. hesuchios -- tranquil
... 2272 ("calmly quiet") describes being "" by not misusing (or overusing) words that
would stir up needless friction (destructive commotion). Word Origin a prol. ...
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Topical Bible Verses

1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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Strong's Hebrew

7961. shalev -- quiet, at ease
... shel-ay-vaw'}; from shalah; tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security --
(being) at ease, peaceable, (in) prosper(-ity), quiet(-ness), wealthy. ...
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Library

'Quietness and Confidence'
... 'Rest' and 'being quiet' are treated here partly as consequences of faith,
partly as duties which we are bound to strive to achieve. ...
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Of Various Degrees of this Repose, and How it is to be Preserved.
... And note, that then the will being retained in quiet by the pleasure which it takes
in the divine presence, does not move itself to bring back the other powers ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter x of various degrees.htm

A Continuation of the Discourse Touching the Various Degrees of ...
... of God according as it shall please him, is a sovereignly excellent quiet, because
it ... is to admit no other contentment but that of being without contentment ...
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A Threefold Cord
... soak into him. Thus being quiet, he may, he will, find rising in his heart
the consciousness of the love of God. You will not, if ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/a threefold cord.htm

The Proper Seat of Charity is the Superior Will...
... But it is seated in the superior soul, being a quiet but most resolute determination
of the superior will to seek God and a perfect union with Him; the which ...
/.../chapter iii the proper seat.htm

Gravity Upward.
Quiet Talks about Jesus. <. ... He was not overcome by death. He could not be,
for sin having no hold within His being, death could have none. ...
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Of the Repose of a Soul Recollected in Her Well-Beloved.
... which the Blessed Virgin (S.) Teresa of Jesus names prayer of quiet, not far ... Even
human lovers are content, sometimes, with being near or within sight of the ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter viii of the repose.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... well, the entire stock which had reached me was circulated, and I rested from my
labours for a little time; for indeed I had need of quiet, being indisposed. ...
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What is Meant by the Appellation "Angels?"
... Another declared glad tidings to the shepherds, as being purified by their separation
from the multitude, and their quiet life, and, with him, a multitude of ...
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Unbroken Connection Above.
... the inner spirit unhurried; broad, thoughtful reading; keen, clear, quiet meditation;
the ... will be fulfilled the promise, "Out of His inner being shall flow ...
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