'Secret' in the Bible

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and sorcerers, and they along with the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts.

But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts. Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

But the magicians did the same thing with their secret arts, and they brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

The magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but they were unable to bring out the gnats. The gnats were on the people and the animals.

a man has sexual relations with her and she conceals it from her husband, keeping it secret although she has defiled herself with there being no witnesses against her, but she was caught anyway.

"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but what has been revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, so that we might observe the words of this Law."

He had turned away from the idols that were at Gilgal. So he told Eglon, "I have a secret message for you, king." King Eglon responded "Silence!" and all of his attendants left him.

He sent messengers to Abimelech in secret and told him, "Look out! Ebed's son Gaal and his family have arrived here in Shechem. Watch out! They're stirring up the city against you.

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

Meanwhile, some kidnappers were hiding inside an inner room, waiting for her signal. So she told him, "The Philistines are attacking you!" But he snapped the cords as one might break a burned candle wick. So his secret remained undiscovered.

So Jonathan told David, "My father Saul is trying to kill you. In the morning be careful and stay hidden in a secret place.

""What you did in secret I'm going to do right in front of all Israel and in broad daylight as well!'"

The Israelis practiced secret things that were not right, offending the LORD their God. In addition, they built high places for use by all their towns, watchtowers, and fortified cities.

"He will be sure to rebuke you, if you show partiality in secret.

Have you listened in on God's secret council? Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?

buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place,

They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

You will hide them in the secret place of your presence, away from the conspiracies of men. You will hide them in your tent, away from their contentious tongues.

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious."

The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.

For God will judge every deed, along with every secret, whether good or evil.

My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely.

LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.

I'll give you concealed treasures and riches hidden in secret places, so that you'll know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

I didn't speak in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I didn't say to Jacob's descendants, "Seek me in chaos.' I, the LORD, speak truth, declaring what is right.

Draw near to me, and listen to this: "From the beginning I haven't spoken in secret; at the time it happened, I was there.' And now the LORD God, and his Spirit, has sent me.

who sit among graves, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pigs' meat, with the broth of detestable things in their pots;

If a person hides himself in secret places, will I not see him?" declares the LORD. "I fill the heavens and the earth, do I not?" declares the LORD.

Then King Zedekiah, in secret, swore an oath to Jeremiah: "As surely as the LORD lives, who gave us this life to live, I won't have you put to death, nor will I hand you over to these men who are seeking to kill you."

the Spirit asked me, "Do you see, Son of Man, what the elders of Israel's house are doing in secret, each in the chamber of his own carved idol? They keep saying, "God doesn't see us. The LORD has abandoned the land.'"

Look! You're wiser than Daniel, aren't you? No secret is too mysterious for you!

"None of the advisors, enchanters, diviners, or astrologers can explain the secret that the king has requested to be made known. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he is making known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days.

As for me, this secret was made known to me, not because my own wisdom is greater than anyone else alive, but in order that the meaning may be made known to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.

The vision about the twilights and dawnings that has been related is trustworthy, but keep its vision secret, because it pertains to the distant future.'

so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

"So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.

Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, not wanting anyone to know he was there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.

There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed, and there is nothing secret that won't become known and come to light.

There is nothing covered up that won't be exposed and nothing secret that won't be made known.

since no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!"

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up himself, not openly but, as it were, in secret.

Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the Temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

Later on, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, and he came and removed his body.

For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.

Now to the one who is able to strengthen you with my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus, the Messiah, by revealing the secret that was kept hidden from long ago

When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.

Instead, we speak about God's wisdom in a hidden secret, which God destined before the world began for our glory.

His secret, inner heart will become known, and so he will bow down to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is truly among you!"

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in the Messiah

and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.

By reading this, you will be able to grasp my understanding of the secret about the Messiah,

which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret:

and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things.

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people in secret.

This is a great secret, but I am talking about the Messiah and the church.

Pray also for me, so that, when I begin to speak, the right words will come to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel,

I know how to be humble, and I know how to prosper. In each and every situation I have learned the secret of being full and of going hungry, of having too much and of having too little.

This secret was hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints,

to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles which is the Messiah in you, our glorious hope.

At the same time also pray for us that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about the Messiah, for which I have been imprisoned.

For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.

They must hold firmly to the secret of the faith with clear consciences.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."

When the time approaches for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God's secret plan will be fulfilled, as he had announced to his servants, the prophets."

On her forehead was written a secret name: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND DETESTABLE THINGS OF THE EARTH

"Why are you surprised?" The angel asked me. "I will tell you the secret of the woman and the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.