Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God. Tobit 12:5So 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. |