Matthew 6:32

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For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

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  • Matt 6:8 : 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
  • Luke 12:30 : 30 For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.
  • 1 Thess 4:5 : 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.
  • Matt 20:25-26 : 25 But Jesus called them to himself and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.' 26 'It shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.'
  • Luke 11:11-13 : 11 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a piece of bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 By your hand, Lord, save me from people of this world whose reward is in this life. Fill their bellies with what you have stored up; let their children be satisfied, and let them leave their wealth to their little ones.
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
  • Matt 5:46-47 : 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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  • Luke 12:26-34
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    26If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

    27Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

    28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will He clothe you—O you of little faith!

    29So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.

    30For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

    31Instead, seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

    32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

    33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Matt 6:33-34
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    33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

    34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

  • Matt 6:24-31
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    24No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

    25Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

    26Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, they do not reap, and they do not store away in barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they are?

    27Who among you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to their lifespan?

    28Why do you worry about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field and how they grow. They do not toil or spin.

    29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

    30If God so dresses the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the oven tomorrow, will He not much more clothe you—O you of little faith?

    31So do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

  • Matt 6:7-11
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    7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

    9This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

    10Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

    11Give us today our daily bread.

  • Luke 12:22-24
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    22Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

    23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

    24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

  • Matt 6:1
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    1Be 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.

  • Matt 6:18-21
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    18so that your fasting will not be obvious to others, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

    19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

    20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moths nor rust destroy, and where thieves do not break in or steal.

    21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."

  • John 6:27
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    27'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'

  • Matt 7:11
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    11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

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    3Give us each day our daily bread.

  • Matt 6:4
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    4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

  • Luke 6:36
    69%

    36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  • Mark 6:36
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    36'Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.'

  • Matt 7:7
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    7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

  • Matt 10:29
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    29Aren’t two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s care.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

  • 1 Tim 6:6
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  • Phil 4:19
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    19And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

  • Matt 6:14
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    14For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11But you, man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.