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Tobit 12:7 (WEB)
It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. Do good, and evil won’t find you.

Fathers and councils · 4

Origen, Against Celsus V.19Book V
“…concealed from the multitude, as is written in the book of Tobit: “It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but honourable to reveal the works of God,”—in a way consistent with truth and God’s glory, and so as to be to the advantage of the multitude.” — editor's note: Cf. Tobit xii. 7.
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Origen, Against Celsus V.29Book V
“…on these subjects much, and that of a mystical kind, might be said; in keeping with which is the following: “It is good to keep close the secret of a king,”—in order that the doctrine of the entrance of souls into bodies (not, however, that of the transmigration from one body into another) may not be thrown before…” — editor's note: Cf. Tobit xii. 7.
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History VII.11Book VII
“But since it is said that ‘it is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honorable to reveal the works of God,’ I will join issue with the violence of Germanus.” — editor's note: Tob. xii. 7.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Defence Against the Arians I.1Part I
“…Catechumens, and worse than that, even before heathens: whereas, they ought to attend to what is written, ‘It is good to keep close the secret of a king;’ and as the Lord has charged us, ‘Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine.’” — editor's note: Tob. xii. 7.
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