Thematic Bible: Secret
Thematic Bible
Prayer » Secret
Isaac went out to bow down [in prayer] in the field in the [early] evening; he raised his eyes and looked, and camels were coming.
Secret » Of others not to be divulged
Argue your case with your neighbor himself [before you go to court];
And do not reveal another’s secret,
Secret » Alms (charitable donations) to be given in
Secret » Prayer to be offered in
Sin » Secret » Sickness caused by
That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].
All of his life he also eats in darkness [cheerlessly, without sweetness and light], with great frustration, sickness, and anger.
And if you spurn and despise My statutes, and if your soul despises and rejects My ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant, I will do this: I will appoint over you [sudden] terror (trembling, trouble), even consumption and fever that consume and waste the eyes and make the [physical] life pine away. You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Also the Lord will bring on you every sickness and every plague which is not written in this book of this law, until you are destroyed.
and you will suffer a severe illness, an intestinal disease, until your intestines come out because of the sickness, day after day.’”
Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities. They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
“So also I will make you sick, striking you down,
Desolating and devastating you, because of your sins.
Sin » Secret » Shame of
Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to the point of being an object of mockery among their enemies—
and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
And I will bring an everlasting disgrace on you and a perpetual humiliation (shame) which will not be forgotten.”
“The princes of the north are there also, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their power, have gone down in shame with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.
“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.
The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God which were not true. They built for themselves high places [of worship] in all their towns, from [the lonely] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city.
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”
“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret.
You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Sin » Secret » Separates from God
But your wickedness has separated you from your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
Go up to a land [of abundance] flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. They have taken some of the things devoted [for destruction]; they have stolen, and lied, and put them among their own baggage. That is why the Israelites could not stand before their enemies, but fled before them; they are accursed and have become devoted [for destruction]. I will cease to be with you unless you destroy the accursed [devoted] things among you.
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
There is no one who calls on Your name,
Who awakens and causes himself to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us
And have handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing].
They will go with their flocks and with their herds
To seek the Lord [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant].
Sin » Secret » Sold under
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
They made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire [as human sacrifices], and used divination [to foretell the future] and enchantments; and they sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
By which I have sent your mother away, [O Israel]?
Or to which one of My creditors did I sell you [as slaves]?
In fact, You were sold for your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing],
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
For the Lord says this, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed, but not with money.”
We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am a creature of the flesh [worldly, self-reliant—carnal and unspiritual], sold into slavery to sin [and serving under its control].
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.
The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God which were not true. They built for themselves high places [of worship] in all their towns, from [the lonely] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city.
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”
“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret.
You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
Related Topics
- Acting In Secret
- Buying and selling
- Character Of Wicked
- Concealment, Of Sin
- Confession of sin
- Darkness
- Error
- Examples of secret prayer
- Faults
- Forgiving Yourself
- Giving Money To The Church
- God Hiding
- God Seeing The Righteous
- God, Revelation Of
- Grasping
- Hiding Sins