Ephesians 5:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Rom 2:16 : 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
Eph 5:3 : 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past {G979} may suffice {G2254} to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Prov 9:17 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
Luke 12:1-2 : 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Rom 1:24-27 : 24 Wherefore God {G2532} gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for {G5037} their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, {G240} men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Eph 5:10-11
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10proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
Eph 5:13
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13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
Luke 8:17
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17For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor [anything] secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
Luke 12:2-3
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2But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
3Wherefore {G3739} whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
1 Tim 5:24-25
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24Some men's sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.
25In like manner also there are good works that are evident; and such as are otherwise cannot be hid.
John 3:20
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20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Mark 4:22
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22For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was [anything] made secret, but that it should come to light.
Eph 5:3-8
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3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
5For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
7Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
1 Tim 5:20
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20Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
Gal 5:19
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19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]: {G3430} fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
2 Cor 4:2
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2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Prov 25:9-10
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9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another;
10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
Titus 2:8
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8sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
Eccl 12:14
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14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
1 Cor 15:34
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34Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.
Rom 2:2
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2And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.
1 Pet 4:4
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4wherein {G3739} they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
Matt 10:26-27
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26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
Matt 5:16
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16Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
John 7:4
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4For no man doeth anything in secret, and {G2212} himself seeketh to be known {G1722} openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
1 Cor 5:1-2
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1It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife.
2And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.
2 Thess 3:14
68%
14And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
1 Cor 5:12
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12For what have I to do with judging them {G2532} that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?
Ps 64:5
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5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
1 Pet 2:12
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12having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein {G3739} they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Titus 1:15
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15To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Rom 6:21
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21What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
1 Thess 5:22
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22abstain from every form of evil.
Isa 3:9
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9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
Heb 4:13
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13And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Jer 6:15
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15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Job 24:16
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16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
Jer 8:12
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12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Rom 13:12
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12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Isa 29:15
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15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Ezek 22:10
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10In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.
1 Pet 3:16
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16having a good conscience; that, wherein {G1722} ye are spoken against, {G5613} {G2555} they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.
Rom 1:32
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32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
Rom 1:29
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29being filled with all unrighteousness, {G4202} wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,