Quotes about Concealment
Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
— Graham Greene
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
— Genesis 42:8
Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God's presence, never in full view of the world.
— Oswald Chambers
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
— 1 Samuel 15:5
We hide what we know or feel ourselves to be (which we assume to be unacceptable and unlovable) behind some kind of appearance which we hope will be more pleasing. We hide behind pretty faces which we put on for the benefit of our public. And in time we may even come to forget that we are hiding, and think that our assumed pretty face is what we really look like.
— Brennan Manning
The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.
— Margaret Atwood
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
— Proverbs 1:17
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
— Job 28:21
Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.
— AW Tozer
So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
— Mark 9:10
We conceal, but God wants to heal, and to do that, He must first expose.
— Gary Thomas
“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
— Genesis 3:10