15 Bible Verses about Secret Sins

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2 Kings 17:9

The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city.

Job 24:16

In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Job 24:14

The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.

Proverbs 7:8

Crossing the street near her corner,
he strolled down the road to her house

Proverbs 7:9

at twilight, in the evening,
in the dark of the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

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Secret sins » Men's hearts searched by jehovah

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”—the Lord’s declaration.

Amos 9:3

If they hide themselves
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from My sight on the sea floor,
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.

Secret sins » Warnings against

2 Kings 17:9

The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Job 24:16

In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.

More verses: Ephesians 5:12 Psalm 90:8

Secret sins » Known to God

Ezekiel 11:5

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and He told me, “You are to say: This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.

Job 14:16

For then You would count my steps
but would not take note of my sin.

More verses: Jeremiah 2:22 Hosea 7:2

Sin » Secret sins

Ezekiel 11:5

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and He told me, “You are to say: This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.

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