Keeping Secrets

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

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

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 →

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.

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

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

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

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.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

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

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

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.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

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 →

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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 →

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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 walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. — read the full passage →

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

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

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

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

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

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.

behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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

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.

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

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

“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.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. — read the full passage →

If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”

and said to him, “See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.” — read the full passage →

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

(for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, — read the full passage →

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

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

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?” — read the full passage →

And Yahweh has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

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

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →

Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. — read the full passage →

For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. — read the full passage →

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. — read the full passage →

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. — read the full passage →

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. — read the full passage →

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God. — 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.”

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. — read the full passage →