Bible Verses About Secrets
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for secrets, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,056 votes, led by Luke 8:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Secrets
Luke 8:17305 votes
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Luke 12:3190 votes
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Ecclesiastes 12:14168 votes
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Mark 4:22157 votes
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Psalms 44:21127 votes
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Proverbs 25:9116 votes
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Hebrews 4:13106 votes
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Romans 2:1681 votes
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
1 Corinthians 4:574 votes
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Deuteronomy 29:2965 votes
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Proverbs 25:263 votes
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 18:1562 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Hebrews 4:1261 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Jeremiah 33:354 votes
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Psalms 90:849 votes
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms 139:13-1648 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
1 John 1:6-747 votes
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Amos 3:746 votes
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Luke 8:1641 votes
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
Psalms 91:1-1639 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew 6:4-636 votes
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
1 Samuel 16:734 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Daniel 2:2832 votes
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
Proverbs 11:1330 votes
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Daniel 2:4730 votes
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
What does the Bible say about secrets?
Readers most often cite Luke 8:17 on the subject of secrets. Across 3,056 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 12:3, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Mark 4:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.