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The
answer is both "yes" and "no." Everybody has secrets, and the Bible tells
us that this is okay, especially when it comes to private matters and
confidences that others share with us.
Matthew 6:3-4,6 and 17-18 tell us some of the things that should be kept secret from others.
"But when you do a charitable [kind] deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly...
"But
you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees
in secret will reward you openly...
"But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly."
Proverbs tells us that there are advantages to being able to keep secrets (confidences). In Proverbs 11:13 we read, "A gossiping fellow will betray secrets, but a trustworthy man [person] will keep a confidence."
Then in Proverbs 20:19 it says, "Talebearers [gossips] let out secrets; have nothing to do with a gossip" (Moffatt translation). People who can keep confidences are described as being trustworthy, but those who don’t are called "gossips" or "talebearers."
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