19 Bible Verses about God's Things Concealed

And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:

I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.

Now at that time Samuel had no knowledge of the Lord, and the revelation of the word of the Lord had not come to him.

And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.

That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.

But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.