Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Housetops

General references

Bible References

Whatsoever

Job 24:14
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Jude 1:14
About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Housetops

Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

General references

Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
Mark 4:22
For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.