Keeping A Secret

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, — read the full passage →

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known. — read the full passage →

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known. — read the full passage →

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another; — read the full passage →

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; — read the full passage →

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

“‘If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?” He said, “Yes, I know it; hold your peace.”

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later. — read the full passage →

Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king; — read the full passage →

he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; — read the full passage →

Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

Jonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you? — read the full passage →

He said to him, “Far from it; you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

He told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”

“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and Yahweh’s house, and the wall of Jerusalem all around. — read the full passage →

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”