Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
Deuteronomy 29:29 - Revised Standard Version “The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all of the words of this law. American Standard Version (1901) The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Common English Bible The secret things belong to the LORD our God. The revealed things belong to us and to our children forever: to keep all the words of this covenant. Catholic Public Domain Version These hidden things of the Lord our God have been revealed to us and to our sons in perpetuity, so that we may accomplish all the words of this law." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. |
Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.
For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord to perceive and to hear his word, or who has given heed to his word and listened?
he reveals deep and mysterious things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is difficult for you, here is the dream which I saw; tell me its interpretation.
Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!”
You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me;
He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you this day, with all your heart and with all your soul;
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.
All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,