(NIV)
Pharaoh then summoned the wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
Then
Pharaoh summoned the
wise men and the
sorcerers, and
they, the
magicians of
Egypt, also
did the
same by their
secret arts.
(NIV)
But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the
Lord had said.
But the
magicians of
Egypt did the same by their
secret arts. So
Pharaoh’s heart remained
hardened, and he would
not listen to them, as the
Lord had
said.
(NIV)
But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
But the
magicians did the
same by their
secret arts and made
frogs come up on the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere,
The
magicians tried by their
secret arts to
produce gnats, but they
could not. So there
were gnats on
man and
beast.
(NIV)
‘Cursed is anyone who makes an idol – a thing detestable to the
Lord, the work of skilled hands – and sets it up in secret.’
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
“‘
Cursed be the
man who makes a
carved or cast
metal image, an
abomination to the
Lord, a thing
made by the
hands of a
craftsman, and
sets it up in
secret.’ And
all the
people shall
answer and
say, ‘
Amen.’
(NIV)
‘Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbour secretly.’
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
“‘
Cursed be anyone who
strikes down his
neighbor in
secret.’ And
all the
people shall
say, ‘
Amen.’
(NIV)
The secret things belong to the
Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
“The
secret things belong to the
Lord our
God, but the things that are
revealed belong to us and to our
children forever, that we may
do all the
words of
this law.
(NIV)
But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, ‘Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.’
The king said to his attendants, ‘Leave us!’ And they all left.
But
he himself
turned back at the
idols near
Gilgal and
said, “I have a
secret message for you, O
king.” And he
commanded, “
Silence.” And
all his
attendants went out from his
presence.
(NIV)
The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, ‘See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so that we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.’
And the
lords of the
Philistines came up to her and
said to her, “
Seduce him, and
see where his
great strength lies, and by what means we may
overpower him, that we may
bind him to
humble him. And we will
each give you
1,100 pieces of silver.”
(NIV)
So Delilah said to Samson, ‘Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.’
So
Delilah said to Samson, “
Please tell me where your
great strength lies, and how you might be
bound, that one
could subdue
you.”
(NIV)
With men hidden in the room, she called to him, ‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’ But he snapped the bow-strings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
Now she had
men lying in
ambush in an inner
chamber. And she
said to him, “The
Philistines are
upon you,
Samson!” But he
snapped the
bowstrings, as a
thread of
flax snaps when it
touches the
fire. So the secret of
his strength was
not known.
(NIV)
Then she said to him, ‘How can you say, “I love you,” when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.’
And she
said to him, “
How can you
say, ‘I
love you,’ when your
heart is not with me? You have
mocked me
these three times, and you have
not told me where your
great strength lies.”
(NIV)
and warned him, ‘My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.
And
Jonathan told David, “
Saul my
father seeks to
kill you.
Therefore be on your
guard in the
morning.
Stay in a
secret place and
hide yourself.
(NIV)
You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.”’
For you did it
secretly,
but
I will
do this thing before all Israel and
before the
sun.’”
(NIV)
Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, ‘As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, “Absalom is king in Hebron.”’
But
Absalom sent secret messengers throughout
all the
tribes of
Israel,
saying, “
As soon as you
hear the
sound of the
trumpet, then
say, ‘
Absalom is
king at
Hebron!’”
(NIV)
But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up.
Esther had not
made known her
kindred or her
people, as
Mordecai had
commanded her, for
Esther obeyed Mordecai just
as when she
was brought up by him.
(NIV)
He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.
He will
surely rebuke you
if in
secret you
show partiality.
(NIV)
He lies in wait near the villages;
from ambush he murders the innocent.
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
He
sits in
ambush in the
villages;
in hiding places he
murders the
innocent.
His
eyes stealthily watch for the
helpless;
(NIV)
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
Behold, you
delight in
truth in the
inward being,
and you
teach me wisdom in the
secret heart.
(NIV)
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from the plots of evildoers.
Hide me from the
secret plots of the
wicked,
from the
throng of
evildoers,
(NIV)
In your distress you called and I rescued you,
I answered you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
In distress you
called, and I
delivered you;
I
answered you in the
secret place of
thunder;
I
tested you at the
waters of
Meribah.
Selah
(NIV)
You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
You have
set our
iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the
light of
your presence.
(NIV)
Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret,
I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
I will not tolerate.
Whoever
slanders his
neighbor secretlyI will
destroy.
Whoever has a
haughty look and an
arrogant heartI will
not endure.
(NIV)
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
My
frame was
not hidden from you,
when I was being
made in
secret,
intricately woven in the
depths of the
earth.
(NIV)
‘Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!’
“
Stolen water is sweet,
and
bread eaten in
secret is
pleasant.”
(NIV)
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
Whoever
goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is
trustworthy in
spirit keeps a
thing covered.
(NIV)
The wicked accept bribes in secret
to pervert the course of justice.
The
wicked accepts a
bribe in
secret to pervert the
ways of
justice.
(NIV)
A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
A
gift in
secret averts anger,
and a
concealed bribe,
strong wrath.
(NIV)
If you take your neighbour to court,
do not betray another’s confidence,
Argue your
case with your
neighbor himself,
and do
not reveal another’s secret,
(NIV)
For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.
For God will
bring every deed into
judgment,
with every secret thing,
whether good or
evil.
(NIV)
Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
the
Lord will make their scalps bald.’
therefore the
Lord will strike with a
scabthe
heads of the
daughters of
Zion,
and the
Lord will lay
bare their
secret parts.
(NIV)
I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the
Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
I will
give you the
treasures of
darknessand the
hoards in
secret places,
that you may
know that it is
I, the
Lord,
the
God of
Israel,
who
call you by your
name.
(NIV)
I have not spoken in secret,
from somewhere in a land of darkness;
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,
“Seek me in vain.”
I, the
Lord, speak the truth;
I declare what is right.
I did
not speak in
secret,
in a
land of
darkness;
I did
not say to the
offspring of
Jacob,
‘
Seek me in
vain.’
I the
Lord speak the
truth;
I
declare what is
right.
(NIV)
‘Come near me and listen to this:
‘From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;
at the time it happens, I am there.’
And now the Sovereign
Lord has sent me,
endowed with his Spirit.
Draw
near to me,
hear this:
from the
beginning I have
not spoken in
secret,
from the
time it came to be
I have been
there.”
And
now the
Lord God has
sent me, and
his Spirit.
(NIV)
who sit among the graves
and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,
and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
who
sit in
tombs,
and spend the
night in
secret places;
who
eat pig’s flesh,
and
broth of
tainted meat is in
their vessels;
(NIV)
If you do not listen,
I will weep in secret
because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
overflowing with tears,
because the
Lord’s flock will be taken captive.
But
if you will
not listen,
my
soul will
weep in
secret for your
pride;
my
eyes will
weep bitterly and run
down with
tears,
because the
Lord’s flock has been taken
captive.
(NIV)
Who can hide in secret places
so that I cannot see them?’
declares the
Lord.
‘Do not I fill heaven and earth?’
declares the
Lord.
Can a
man hide himself in
secret places so that
I cannot see him?
declares the
Lord.
Do I
not fill heaven and
earth?
declares the
Lord.
(NIV)
Are you wiser than Daniel?
Is no secret hidden from you?
you are
indeed wiser than Daniel;
no
secret is
hidden from
you;
(NIV)
Surely the Sovereign
Lord does nothing
without revealing his plan
to his servants the prophets.
“
For the
Lord God does nothing without
revealing his
secretto his
servants the
prophets.
(NIV)
With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched who were in hiding.
You
pierced with his own
arrows the
heads of his
warriors,
who came like a
whirlwind to
scatter me,
rejoicing as if to
devour the
poor in
secret.
(NIV)
so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
(ESV)
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
(NIV)
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
(ESV)
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
(NIV)
so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
(ESV)
that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
(NIV)
He told them,
‘The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parablesAnd he
said to
them,
“To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,
(NIV)
For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
(ESV)
For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.
(NIV)
Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.
And from
there he
arose and
went away to the
region of
Tyre and Sidon.
And he
entered a house and did not
want anyone to
know,
yet he
could not be
hidden.
(NIV)
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.
(ESV)
For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
(NIV)
No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.’
For no one works in secret if he seeks to
be known openly.
If you
do these
things,
show yourself to the
world.”
(NIV)
However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
But after his brothers had gone
up to the
feast,
then he also went up,
not publicly but in private.
(NIV)
‘I have spoken openly to the world,’ Jesus replied.
‘I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
(ESV)
Jesus answered him,
“I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
(NIV)
Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
Now to him who is
able to
strengthen you according to
my gospel and the
preaching of
Jesus Christ,
according to the
revelation of the
mystery that was
kept secret for
long ages
(NIV)
No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
But we
impart a
secret and
hidden wisdom of
God,
which God decreed before the
ages for our glory.
(NIV)
Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
But we have
renounced disgraceful,
underhanded ways. We
refuse to
practice cunning or to
tamper with
God’s word,
but by the
open statement of the
truth we would
commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the
sight of
God.
(NIV)
It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
For it
is shameful even to
speak of the
things that they
do in
secret.
(NIV)
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
I know how to be
brought low,
and I
know how to
abound.
In any and every circumstance, I have learned the
secret of
facing plenty and hunger,
abundance and need.
(NIV)
For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
For the
mystery of
lawlessness is
already at
work.
Only he who
now restrains it will do so
until he
is out
of the
way.
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