2 Samuel 12:12

12:12 Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’” ¹ 

Proverbs 9:17

9:17 “Stolen waters ²  are sweet,

and food obtained in secret ³  is pleasant!”

Ecclesiastes 12:14

12:14 For God will evaluate every deed, ⁴ 

including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Jeremiah 23:24

23:24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself

where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. ⁵ 

“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” ⁶ 

the Lord asks. ⁷ 

Luke 12:1-2

Fear God, Not People

12:1 Meanwhile, ⁸  when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus ⁹  began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against ¹⁰  the yeast of the Pharisees, ¹¹  which is hypocrisy. ¹²  12:2 Nothing is hidden ¹³  that will not be revealed, ¹⁴  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Romans 2:16

2:16 on the day when God will judge ¹⁵  the secrets of human hearts, ¹⁶  according to my gospel ¹⁷  through Christ Jesus.

Revelation 20:12

20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ¹⁸  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ¹⁹  So ²⁰  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ²¹ 

[12:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and before the sun.”

[9:17]  ² sn The offer is not wine and meat (which represented wisdom), but water that is stolen. The “water” will seem sweeter than wine because it is stolen – the idea of getting away with something exciting appeals to the baser instincts. In Proverbs the water imagery was introduced earlier in 5:15-19 as sexual activity with the adulteress, which would seem at the moment more enjoyable than learning wisdom. Likewise bread will be drawn into this analogy in 30:20. So the “calling out” is similar to that of wisdom, but what is being offered is very different.

[9:17]  ³ tn Heb “bread of secrecies.” It could mean “bread [eaten in] secret places,” a genitive of location; or it could mean “bread [gained through] secrets,” a genitive of source, the secrecies being metonymical for theft. The latter makes a better parallelism in this verse, for bread (= sexually immoral behavior) gained secretly would be like stolen water.

[12:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “will bring every deed into judgment.”

[23:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[23:24]  ⁶ tn The words “Don’t you know” are not in the text. They are a way of conveying the idea that the question which reads literally “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” expects a positive answer. They follow the pattern used at the beginning of the previous two questions and continue that thought. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[23:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[12:1]  ⁸ tn The phrase ἐν οἷς (en Jois) can be translated “meanwhile.”

[12:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:1]  ¹⁰ tn According to L&N 27.59, “to pay attention to, to keep on the lookout for, to be alert for, to be on your guard against.” This is another Lukan present imperative calling for constant vigilance.

[12:1]  ¹¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[12:1]  ¹² sn The pursuit of popularity can lead to hypocrisy, if one is not careful.

[12:2]  ¹³ tn Or “concealed.”

[12:2]  ¹⁴ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.

[2:16]  ¹⁵ tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

[2:16]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “of people.”

[2:16]  ¹⁷ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.

[20:12]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[20:12]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”

[20:12]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.

[20:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”