20 Bible Verses about God's Things Concealed

The LORD said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:

and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as El Shaddai; but by my name the LORD I was not known to them.

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave 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 thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the beginning of the world."

But they did not understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.

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

He said, "What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing;

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things that make for peace. But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

I am a stranger on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.