Matthew 6:8

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

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  • Matt 6:32 : 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  • Ps 38:9 : 9 I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
  • Luke 12:30 : 30 For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • John 16:23-27 : 23 On that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. 24 Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full. 25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf, 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
  • Ps 69:17-19 : 17 Answer me, LORD, because your steadfast love is good; in your abundant compassion, turn to me. 18 Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Hurry and answer me. 19 Come near to my soul and redeem it; because of my enemies, ransom me.

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  • Matt 6:9-15
    7 verses
    86%

    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.

    12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

    13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

    14For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Matt 6:1-7
    7 verses
    85%

    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.

    2So, 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.

    3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

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

    5And 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.

    6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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

  • Matt 6:31-34
    4 verses
    83%

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

    32For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

    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.

  • Luke 12:29-31
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Matt 7:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9Or which one of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

    10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

    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?

  • Luke 11:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1One day, as Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.'

    2He 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.

    3Give us each day our daily bread.

    4Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'

  • Matt 6:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    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?

  • Matt 6:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Luke 6:36
    74%

    36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  • Matt 5:48
    74%

    48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • John 16:26
    74%

    26On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,

  • Mark 11:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'

    26'But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.'

  • Luke 11:9
    73%

    9So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

  • Matt 23:9
    73%

    9And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

  • Matt 7:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

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

  • Luke 11:13
    72%

    13If 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!

  • Mark 13:33
    71%

    33Be on guard! Stay alert and pray, because you do not know when the time will come.

  • Luke 6:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Luke 11:11
    71%

    11Which 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?

  • Phil 4:6
    71%

    6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

  • Luke 22:40
    71%

    40When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation."

  • Matt 10:20
    70%

    20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

  • John 8:19
    70%

    19Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."