Tobit 12:7
Good News Translation
"It's a good idea to keep a king's secret, but what God does should be told everywhere, so that he may be praised and honored. "If you do good, no harm will come to you.

New Revised Standard Version
It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to acknowledge and reveal the works of God, and with fitting honor to acknowledge him. Do good and evil will not overtake you.

Contemporary English Version
Don't tell anyone the secrets of a king, but honor God by letting others know what he has done for you. "If you do what is right, nothing bad will happen to you.

New American Bible
A king’s secret should be kept secret, but one must declare the works of God and give thanks with due honor. Do good, and evil will not overtake you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God.

Tobit 12:5
So the father and the son calling him, took him aside: and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had brought,

Tobit 12:6
Then he said to them secretly, Bless ye the God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he hath shewn his mercy to you.

Tobit 12:8
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.

Tobit 12:9
For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.

Context
Tobit 12
6Then he said to them secretly, Bless ye the God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he hath shewn his mercy to you. 7For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God. 8Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.…
Cross References
Tobit 12:5
So the father and the son calling him, took him aside: and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had brought,

Tobit 12:6
Then he said to them secretly, Bless ye the God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he hath shewn his mercy to you.

Tobit 12:8
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.

Tobit 12:9
For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 12:6
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