Ephesians 5:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”
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“For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 5:12 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 12:12You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
- Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
- Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
- 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
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