31 Verses About Secretly from 16 Books

1 Samuel 18:22

Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'"

1 Samuel 24:4

The men of David said to him, "Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

2 Kings 17:9

The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

2 Samuel 12:12

For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"

Acts 6:11

Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"



Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

Deuteronomy 28:57

and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.

Galatians 2:4

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

Genesis 31:27

Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

Jeremiah 37:17

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 38:16

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?



Job 4:12

"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

Job 13:10

He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

Job 31:27

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

John 11:28

When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."

John 19:38

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

Jude 1:4

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.



Matthew 1:19

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:18

but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Psalms 10:8

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Psalms 27:5

For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

Psalms 31:4

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.



Psalms 31:20

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

Psalms 64:5

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

Psalms 101:5

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.





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