Keeping A Secret

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, — read the full passage →

For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

And one of his servants saith, `Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who <FI>is<Fi> in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.'

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

`Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known; — read the full passage →

`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known; — read the full passage →

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> near ruin.

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it <FI>is<Fi> .

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not, — read the full passage →

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

And he answering said to them that--`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, — read the full passage →

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

The honour of God <FI>is<Fi> to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

`And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he <FI>is<Fi> witness, or hath seen, or hath known--if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

And sons of the prophets who <FI>are<Fi> in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?' and he saith, `I also have known--keep silent.'

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls--according to their works;

Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

of certain men the sins are manifest beforehand, leading before to judgment, and certain also they follow after; — read the full passage →

Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things--manifest thyself to the world;'

`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put <FI>it<Fi> ; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put <FI>it<Fi> , that those coming in may see the light, — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day <FI>as<Fi> night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His name;

Daniel hath answered before the king and said, `The secret that the king is asking, the wise men, the enchanters, the scribes, the soothsayers, are not able to shew to the king; — read the full passage →

He is revealing deep and hidden things; He hath known what <FI>is<Fi> in darkness, and light with Him hath dwelt.

Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

Deceit <FI>is<Fi> in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace <FI>is<Fi> joy.

The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

and he bringeth out the son of the king, and putteth on him the crown, and the testimony, and they make him king, and anoint him, and smite the hand, and say, `Let the king live.'

And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel--when I search my father, about <FI>this<Fi> time to-morrow <FI>or<Fi> the third <FI>day<Fi> , and lo, good <FI>is<Fi> towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear-- — read the full passage →

And he saith to him, `Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this <FI>thing<Fi> is not.'

that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I <FI>am<Fi> from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.'

And the men say to her, `Our soul for yours--to die; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah's giving to us this land, that we have done with thee kindness and truth.'

`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.'

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit--ye also--upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where <FI>is<Fi> thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. — read the full passage →

And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'