Ephesians 5:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.

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  • Rom 2:16 : 16 At the day when God shall iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
  • Eph 5:3 : 3 But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spet the time past of ye life, after the lust of the Gentiles, walking in wantonnes, lustes, drunkenes, in gluttonie, drinkings, & in abominable idolatries.
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, both great & small stand before God: and the bookes were opened, & another booke was opened, which is the booke of life, & the dead were iudged of those thinges, which were written in the bookes, according to their woorkes.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.
  • Prov 9:17 : 17 Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
  • Luke 12:1-2 : 1 In the meane time, there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trode one another: and he began to say vnto his disciples first, Take heede to your selues of the leauen of the Pharises, which is hypocrisie. 2 For there is nothing couered, that shall not bee reueiled: neither hidde, that shall not be knowen.
  • Rom 1:24-27 : 24 Wherefore also God gaue them vp to their hearts lusts, vnto vncleannesse, to defile their owne bodies betweene themselues: 25 Which turned the trueth of God vnto a lie, and worshipped and serued the creature, forsaking the Creator, which is blessed for euer, Amen. 26 For this cause God gaue them vp vnto vile affections: for euen their women did change the naturall vse into that which is against nature. 27 And likewise also the men left the naturall vse of the woman, and burned in their lust one toward another, and man with man wrought filthinesse, and receiued in themselues such recompence of their errour, as was meete.

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  • Eph 5:10-11
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    10Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lorde.

    11And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.

  • Luke 8:17
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    17For nothing is secret, that shall not be euident: neither any thing hid, that shall not be knowen, and come to light.

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    2For there is nothing couered, that shall not bee reueiled: neither hidde, that shall not be knowen.

    3Wherefore whatsoeuer yee haue spoken in darkenesse, it shall be heard in the light: and that which ye haue spoken in the eare, in secret places, shall be preached on the houses.

  • 1 Tim 5:24-25
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    24Some mens sinnes are open before hand, and goe before vnto iudgement: but some mens folowe after.

    25Likewise also the good woorkes are manifest before hande, and they that are otherwise, can not be hid.

  • John 3:20
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    20For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

  • Mark 4:22
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    22For there is nothing hid, that shall not be opened: neither is there a secret, but that it shall come to light.

  • Eph 5:3-8
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    3But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,

    4Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.

    5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ, and of God.

    6Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

    7Be not therefore companions with them.

    8For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,

  • 1 Tim 5:20
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    20Them that sinne, rebuke openly, that the rest also may feare.

  • Gal 5:19
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    19Moreouer the workes of the flesh are manifest, which are adulterie, fornication, vncleannes, wantonnes,

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

  • Prov 25:9-10
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    9Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,

    10Least he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamie doe not cease.

  • Titus 2:8
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    8And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2But we know that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which comit such things.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • Matt 10:26-27
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    26Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be disclosed, nor hid, that shall not be knowen.

    27What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the houses.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

  • John 7:4
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    4For there is no man that doeth any thing secretely, and hee himselfe seeketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.

  • 1 Cor 5:1-2
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    1It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.

    2And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hath done this deede, might be put from among you.

  • 2 Thess 3:14
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    14If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, & haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

  • 1 Cor 5:12
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    12For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within?

  • Ps 64:5
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    5They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.

  • Rom 6:21
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    21What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.

  • 1 Thess 5:22
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    22Absteine from all appearance of euill.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The triall of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sinnes as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules: for they haue rewarded euil vnto themselues.

  • Heb 4:13
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    13Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to doe.

  • Jer 6:15
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    15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not ashamed, no neither coulde they haue any shame: therefore they shall fall among the slaine: when I shall visite them, they shall be cast downe, sayth the Lorde.

  • Job 24:16
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    16They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.

  • Jer 8:12
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    12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not ashamed, neither coulde they haue any shame: therefore shall they fall among the slaine: when I shall visite them, they shall be cast downe, sayeth the Lorde.

  • Rom 13:12
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    12The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light,

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Wo vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the Lorde: for their workes are in darkenes, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?

  • Ezek 22:10
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    10In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures.

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

  • Rom 1:32
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    32Which men, though they knew ye Lawe of God, how that they which comit such things are worthie of death, yet not onely do the same, but also fauour them that doe them.

  • Rom 1:29
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    29Being full of all vnrighteousnesse, fornication, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, of murther, of debate, of deceit, taking all things in the euill part, whisperers,