Secret

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

…so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

…sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

…so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

…so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

…so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.