Luke 12:2-3

12:2 Nothing is hidden ¹  that will not be revealed, ²  and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 12:3 So then ³  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ⁴  in private rooms ⁵  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ⁶ 

Ecclesiastes 12:14

12:14 For God will evaluate every deed, ⁷ 

including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Matthew 10:26

Fear God, Not Man

10:26 “Do ⁸  not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden ⁹  that will not be revealed, ¹⁰  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Matthew 10:1

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

10:1 Jesus ¹¹  called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits ¹²  so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. ¹³ 

Colossians 4:5

4:5 Conduct yourselves ¹⁴  with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

[12:2]  ¹ tn Or “concealed.”

[12:2]  ² 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.

[12:3]  ³ tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.

[12:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”

[12:3]  ⁵ sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

[12:3]  ⁶ tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.

[12:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “will bring every deed into judgment.”

[10:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “Therefore do not.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[10:26]  ⁹ tn Or “concealed.”

[10:26]  ¹⁰ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice here and in the next verb 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.

[10:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[10:1]  ¹² sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[10:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).