Luke 12:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:27 : 27 that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam -- Enoch -- saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads, 15 to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.'
  • Job 24:14-15 : 14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. 15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
  • Eccl 10:12-13 : 12 Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth `is' folly, And the latter end of his mouth `Is' mischievous madness.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 10:26-27
    2 verses
    90%

    26`Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

    27that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

  • Luke 12:2
    88%

    2and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

  • Luke 8:16-18
    3 verses
    83%

    16`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put `it'; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put `it', that those coming in may see the light,

    17for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

    18`See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

  • Mark 4:21-24
    4 verses
    80%

    21And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

    22for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

    23If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

    24And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

  • Luke 11:33
    74%

    33`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

  • Eph 5:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

    13and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

  • Luke 12:4
    73%

    4`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

  • Luke 11:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

    36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

    15nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

    16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

  • Matt 12:35-37
    3 verses
    72%

    35The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

    36`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

    37for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

  • Matt 6:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

    5`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

    6`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

  • Matt 13:43
    72%

    43`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

  • Eccl 12:14
    71%

    14For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

  • Luke 12:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

    12for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth `you' to say.'

  • Luke 12:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

    34for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.

    35`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

  • Mark 13:15
    70%

    15and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

  • Matt 13:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

    35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

  • Matt 10:19
    70%

    19`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

  • Matt 13:12
    70%

    12for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

  • John 7:4
    70%

    4for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things -- manifest thyself to the world;'

  • Mark 13:11
    69%

    11`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

  • Job 24:16
    69%

    16He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

  • Luke 17:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30`According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

    31in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

  • Matt 18:18
    69%

    18`Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

  • Matt 6:18
    69%

    18that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

  • Matt 12:33
    69%

    33`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

  • Matt 6:23
    69%

    23but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

  • John 3:20
    68%

    20for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

  • Luke 13:26
    68%

    26then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

  • Luke 12:40
    68%

    40and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

  • Mark 13:9
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    9`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;