Matthew 5:16

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In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
  • John 15:8 : 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples.
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with all.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Yet do so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are maligned, those who accuse your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
  • 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 On that day, when He comes to be glorified among His saints and marveled at by all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed. 11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and by His power fulfill every desire for goodness and every work of faith. 12 So that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverted generation. Among them, you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
  • Isa 58:8 : 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
  • Matt 6:1-5 : 1 Be careful not to practice your acts of charity before others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So, when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • 1 Tim 5:25 : 25 Similarly, good works are also evident, and those that are otherwise cannot remain hidden.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share.
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things, present yourself as an example of good works, with integrity, dignity, and incorruptibility in your teaching.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Titus 3:7-8 : 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for all people.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to good works to meet urgent needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous is like the morning light, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To provide for those who mourn in Zion—giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of faintness. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord to display His splendor.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to humans.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. They make their phylacteries broad and their tassels long.
  • Gal 1:24 : 24 And they glorified God because of me.
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 In Joppa, there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated Dorcas). She was always doing good works and acts of charity.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of their heart are revealed, and they will fall facedown and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is truly among you!'
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives.
  • Titus 3:4 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.
  • 1 Tim 2:10 : 10 but with good works, which are appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 When you fast, do not look somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 He said to them, 'When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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