Bible Verses about “keeping secrets”
The Bible contains 22 verses about keeping secrets across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“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.”
“so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”
“But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,”
“I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”
“Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.”
“Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”
“For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."”
“He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
“Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.”
“One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.”
“Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.”
“For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.”
“in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.”
“He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.”
“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!”
“But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.”
“Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;”
“For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.”
“Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.”
“A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.”
“What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.”