Biblical Concept: Secret
Findings: (From the
Bible verses to follow.)
God’s secret
creative power.
Secret
things of God versus the Word revealed things of God. (Human Biblical spiritual
imagination can only faintly approach the secrets of God!)
The relation
between secret, God, and fear. Fear God leads to knowing God.
Secret =
Divine protection.
Secret =
Divine protection from sinners.
No sin is
secret from God.
Sheol’s
secret sexual sins.
God’s
secrets = 1/3 angels limitations.
Secret /
hidden idolatry is an abomination to God.
“A gift in
secret subdues anger …”
Biblical secret
religion.
Biblical not
secret religion.
Jesus had to
travel in secret, the religious wanted to kill Him.
Secret human
sins.
Secret =
content, strengthened, God’s supply, riches
in glory in Christ Jesus.
Biblical
secret military spies.
False
prophets secret enticements versus Biblical Christianity that is not a secret
and any can have it.
Heresies:
Secret attacks on Christ and Biblical Christianity.
Proverbs
11:13 He who goes about as
a talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
Proverbs
20:19 He who goes about as
a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip.
“God will
judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.”
Prophecy over
secrets.
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Secret
NAS Exodus 7:11 Then
Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers,
and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
22 But the magicians
of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was
hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
NAS Exodus 8:7 And the
magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on
the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians
tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not;
so there were gnats on man and beast.
(God’s secrets = demonic limitations.)
NAS Deuteronomy 27:15
'Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the
LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.'
And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' (Secret / hidden idolatry is
an abomination to God.)
24 'Cursed is he who
strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NAS Deuteronomy 29:29
"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things
revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the
words of this law. (Secret things of God versus the Word revealed things of
God.) (Human Biblical spiritual imagination can only faintly approach the
secrets of God!)
NAS Judges 3:19 But he
himself turned back from the idols which were at Gilgal,
and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he said,
"Keep silence." And all who attended him left him.
NAS 1 Samuel 19:2 So
Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death.
Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place
and hide yourself.
NAS Job 15:8 "Do
you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
NAS Psalm 25:14 The
secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His
covenant. (The relation between secret, God, and fear. Fear God leads to knowing God.)
NAS Psalm 27:5 For in
the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of
His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. (Secret = Divine
protection.)
NAS Psalm 31:20 Thou
dost hide them in the secret place of Thy presence from the conspiracies of
man; Thou dost keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
(Secret = Divine protection from sinners.)
NAS Psalm 64:2 Hide me
from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
(Secret = Divine protection from sinners.)
NAS Psalm 90:8 Thou hast
placed our iniquities before Thee, Our secret sins in the light of Thy
presence. (No sin is secret from God.)
NAS Psalm 139:15 My
frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And skillfully
wrought in the depths of the earth. (God’s secret creative power.)
NAS Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is
pleasant." (Sheol’s secret sexual sins.)
Here is the context: Proverbs
9:13-18 13 The
woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive,
and knows nothing. 14 And she
sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the
city, 15 Calling to those who
pass by, Who are making their paths straight:
16 "Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to
him who lacks understanding she says, 17
"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten
in secret is pleasant." 18
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NAS Proverbs 21:14 A
gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
NAS Proverbs 25:9 Argue
your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another,
NAS Song of Solomon 2:14
"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep
pathway, Let me see your form, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet,
And your form is lovely."
NAS Isaiah 28:17
"And I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the level;
Then hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow
the secret place.
NAS Isaiah 45:3
"And I will give you the treasures of darkness, And hidden wealth of
secret places, In order that you may know that it is I, The LORD, the God of
Israel, who calls you by your name.
19 "I have not
spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
'Seek Me in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness Declaring things
that are upright.
NAS Isaiah 48:16
"Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in
secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent
Me, and His Spirit."
NAS Isaiah 65:4 Who sit
among graves, and spend the night in secret places; Who eat swine's flesh, And
the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
NAS Jeremiah 13:17 But
if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of
the LORD has been taken captive.
NAS Jeremiah 38:16 But
King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret saying, "As the LORD lives, who
made this life for us, surely I will not put you to death nor will I give you
over to the hand of these men who are seeking your life."
NAS Lamentations 3:10 He
is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.
NAS Ezekiel 7:22 'I
shall also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then
robbers will enter and profane it.
NAS Ezekiel 28:3 Behold,
you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you.
NAS Daniel 8:26
"And the vision of the evenings and mornings Which has been told is true;
But keep the vision secret, For it pertains to many days in the
future."
NAS Amos 3:7 Surely the
Lord God does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the
prophets.
NAS Habakkuk 3:14 Thou
didst pierce with his own spears The head of his throngs. They stormed in to
scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who devour the oppressed in
secret.
NAS Matthew 6:4 that
your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret
will repay you. (Secret religion.)
6 "But you, when
you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to
your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret
will repay you. (Secret religion.)
18 so that you may not
be seen fasting by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father
who sees in secret will repay you. (Secret religion.)
NAS Mark 4:22 "For
nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret,
but that it should come to light. (Not secret religion.)
NAS Luke 8:17 "For
nothing is hidden that shall not become evident, nor anything secret
that shall not be known and come to light.
(Not secret religion.)
NAS John 7:4 "For
no one does anything in secret, when he himself seeks to be known publicly.
If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." (Uninformed brothers.)
10 But when His
brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly,
but as it were, in secret. (Jesus had to
travel in secret, the religious wanted to kill Him.)
NAS John 18:20 Jesus
answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in
synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke
nothing in secret.
NAS John 19:38 And after
these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple
of Jesus, but a secret one, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that
he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. He came
therefore, and took away His body. (Secret religion.)
NAS Romans 16:25 Now to
Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of
Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept
secret for long ages past,
NAS Ephesians 5:12 for
it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in
secret. (Secret human sins.)
NAS Philippians 4:12 I
know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in
prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being
filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. (See the
context of 4:11, 4:13, and 4:19. Secret
= content, strengthened, God’s supply, riches
in glory in Christ Jesus.)
Secretly
NAS Genesis 31:27
"Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me, so that I
might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel
and with lyre;
NAS Deuteronomy 13:6 "If your brother, your mother's son,
or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your
own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods' (whom
neither you nor your fathers have known, . . . ) (False prophets secret
enticements.) (Biblical Christianity is
not a secret, any can have it.)
NAS Deuteronomy 28:57
and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her
children whom she bears; for she shall eat them secretly for lack of anything else,
during the siege and the distress by which your enemy shall oppress you in your
towns.
NAS Joshua 2:1 Then
Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim,
saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went and
came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab,
and lodged there. (Biblical secret military spies.)
NAS Judges 4:21 But Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and seized a hammer in
her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it
went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he
died.
NAS Ruth 3:7 When Boaz
had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of
the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and lay down.
NAS 1 Samuel 18:22 Then
Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly, saying, 'Behold,
the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become
the king's son-in-law.'"
NAS 1 Samuel 24:4 And
the men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which the
LORD said to you, 'Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and
you shall do to him as it seems good to you.'" Then David arose and cut
off the edge of Saul's robe secretly.
NAS 2 Samuel 12:12
'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and
under the sun.'"
NAS 2 Kings 17:9 And the
sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right, against the LORD their
God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from
watchtower to fortified city. (No sin is secret from God.)
NAS Job 13:10 "He
will surely reprove you, If you secretly show partiality.
NAS Job 31:27 And my
heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
NAS Psalm 31:4 Thou wilt
pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me; For Thou art my
strength. (Secret = Divine protection.)
20 Thou dost hide them
in the secret place of Thy presence from the conspiracies of man; Thou dost
keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues. (Secret = Divine
protection.)
NAS Psalm 64:5 They hold
fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They
say, "Who can see them?" (No sin is secret from God.)
NAS Psalm 101:5 Whoever
secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty
look and an arrogant heart will I endure. (King David.)
NAS Jeremiah 37:17 Now
King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king secretly
asked him and said, "Is there a word from the LORD?" And Jeremiah
said, "There is!" Then he said, "You will be given into the hand
of the king of Babylon!"
NAS Jeremiah 40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke
secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah,
saying, "Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and not a man will know! Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who
are gathered to you should be scattered and the remnant of Judah perish?"
NAS Matthew 1:19 And
Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her,
desired to put her away secretly.
NAS Matthew 2:7 Then
Herod secretly called the magi, and ascertained from them the time the star
appeared.
NAS John 11:28 And when
she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister, saying secretly,
"The Teacher is here, and is calling for you."
NAS Acts 6:11 Then they
secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words
against Moses and against God."
NAS Acts 16:37 But Paul
said to them, "They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are
Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away
secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out."
NAS 2 Peter 2:1 But
false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false
teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even
denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
(Heresies: Secret attacks on Christ and Biblical Christianity.)
Secrets
NAS Job 11:6 And show
you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God
forgets a part of your iniquity.
NAS Psalm 44:21 Would
not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (No sin is secret
from God.)
NAS Proverbs 11:13 He
who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is
trustworthy conceals a matter.
NAS Proverbs 20:19 He
who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not
associate with a gossip.
NAS Romans 2:16 on the
day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through
Christ Jesus.
NAS 1 Corinthians 14:25
the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face
and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you. (Prophecy over secrets.)