20 Bible Verses about God's Things Concealed

The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

‘Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:

and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord yet been revealed to him.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

His radiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His power.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
“I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

But the disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of the sky.

I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.