22 Bible Verses about Acting In Secret
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For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.
And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.
And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.
Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of disgusting things in their vessels.
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.
And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.
It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:
So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.
And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.
My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.
And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
Bible Theasaurus
- Secret (362 instances)