Matthew 5:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Let youre light so shyne before men, that they maye se youre good workes, and glorify youre father which is in heauen.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye se youre good workes, and prayse God in the daye of visitacion.
  • John 15:8 : 8 Herin is my father praysed, that ye brynge forth moch frute, and become my disciples.
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men,
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 hauynge a good conscience, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye be ashamed, that they haue falsely accused youre good couersacion in Christ.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 Yf ye be reuyled for ye name of Christ, blessed are ye, for ye sprete (which is ye sprete of glory & of God) resteth vpon you. On their parte he is euell spoken of, but on yor parte he is praysed.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him, & declare vnto you, that God is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all. 6 Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him, and yet walke in darknes, we lye, and do not the trueth. 7 But yf we walke in lighte, euen as he is in lighte, then haue we fellishippe together, and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne.
  • 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 whan he shal come to be glorified in his sayntes, and to become maruelous in all them that beleue: because ye haue beleued oure testimony vnto you of the same daye. 11 Wherfore we praye allwayes for you, that oure God make you worthy of ye callynge, and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes, and the worke of faith in power, 12 that ye name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ maye be praysed in you, and ye in him, acordinge to the grace of oure God, and of the LORDE Iesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 that ye maye be fautles and pure, and the childre of God without rebuke, in the myddes of ye croked and peruerse nacion, amonge whom se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde, 16 holdinge fast the worde of life, vnto my reioysinge in the daye of Christ, that I haue not runne in vayne, nether laboured in vayne.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For sometyme ye were darknesse, but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. Walke as the children of lighte.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 And therfore get the vp by tymes, for thy light cometh, & the glory of ye LORDE shal ryse vp vpo ye. 2 For lo, while ye darknesse & cloude couereth the earth & the people, the LORDE shal shewe the light, & his glory shal be sene in the. 3 The Gentiles shal come to thy light, & kynges to the brightnes yt springeth forth vpo ye.
  • Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shal thy light breake forth as ye mornynge, and thy health florish right shortly: thy rightuousnesse shal go before the, and ye glory of the LORDE shal embrace the.
  • Matt 6:1-5 : 1 Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen. 2 When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde. 3 But whe thou doest almes, let not thy lefte hande knowe, what thy righte hande doth; 4 that thine almes maye be secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as ye ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde.
  • 1 Tim 5:25 : 25 Likewyse also good workes are manifest afore hade: and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 Yf eny ma speake, let hi speake it as ye wordes of God. Yf eny man haue an office, let him execute it as out of the power yt God mynistreth vnto hi, yt God maye be praysed in all thinges thorow Iesus Christ, To who be honor and domynion for euer and euer Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll:
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes, with vncorrupte doctryne, with honestye, with the wholsome
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 which gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs fro all vnrighteousnes, and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe, to be feruently geuen vnto good workes.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanshippe, created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes, to ye which God ordeyned vs before, that we shulde walke in them.
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 that ye wolde walke worthely before God, which hath called you vnto his kyngdome & glory.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watch, and be sober. 7 For they that slepe, slepe in the nighte: and they that be dronken, are dronken in the nighte. 8 But let vs which are of the daye, be sober, armed wt the brestplate of faith and loue, and with ye helmet of hope to saluacion.
  • Titus 3:7-8 : 7 yt we beynge made righteous by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope. 8 This is a true sayege. Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly, that they which are become beleuers in God, might be diligent to excell in good workes: for these thinges are good and profitable vnto me.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let oures also learne to excell in good workes, as farre forth as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 and let vs considre one another to ye prouokinge of loue and of good workes:
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are that chosen generacion, that kyngly presthode, that holy nacion, that peculier people, yt ye shulde shewe the vertues of him, which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte:
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the rightuous shyneth as the light, and is euer brighter & brighter vnto the parfecte daye.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 that I might geue vnto them yt mourne in Sion, bewty in the steade of asshes, ioyful oyntmet for sighinge, pleasaunt raymet for an heuy mide: That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse, a platinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good, and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 hen ye people sawe it, they marueyled, & glorified God, which had geue soch power vnto men.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,
  • Gal 1:24 : 24 and they praysed God in me.
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that was a disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretacion is called Dorcas: ye same was full of good workes and almesse dedes, which she dyd.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And for so moch as we know this, namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe (For now is oure saluacion nearer, then whan we beleued: 12 the nighte is past, but the daye is come nye.) Let vs therfore cast awaye ye workes of darknesse, and put on the armoure of lighte. 13 Let vs walke honestly as in the daye, not in excesse off eatinge aud in dronkennesse, not in chamburynge and wantonnesse, not in stryfe and enuyenge: 14 but put ye on the LORDE Iesus Christ, and make not prouysion for ye flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 and so shulde the secrete of his hert be opened, and so shulde he fall downe vpon his face, worshippinge God, and knowleginge, that of a trueth God is in you.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes, that euen they which beleue not the worde, maye without the worde be wonne by ye couersacion of the wyues,
  • Titus 3:4 : 4 But after that ye kyndnesse and loue of God oure Sauioure to man warde appeared,
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp children well, yf she haue bene harberous, yf she haue wasshed the sayntes fete, yf she haue mynistred vnto the which were in aduersite, yf she were continually geuen to all maner of good workes.
  • 1 Tim 2:10 : 10 but with soch as it becommeth weme that professe godlynes thorow good workes.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After thys maner therfore shall ye praye:O oure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreouer when ye fast, be not sad as ye ypocrytes are. For they disfigure their faces, that they myght be sene of men to fast. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no man father vpon earth, for one is youre father, which is in heaue.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 He sayde vnto the: Whan ye praye, saye: O oure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. Thy kyngdome come. Thy wil be fulfilled vpon earth, as it is in heauen.

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  • Matt 5:11-15
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    11Blessed are ye when men reuyle you, and persecute you, and falsly say all manner of yuell saynges against you for my sake.

    12Reioyce and be glad, for greate is youre rewarde in heue.For so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before youre dayes.

    13Ye are ye salt of the earth, but and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes, what can be salted therwith? It is thence forth good for nothynge, but to be cast out, and to be trodden vnder fote of men.

    14Ye are the light of the worlde. A cite that is set on an hill, can not be hid:

    15nether do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell, but on a candelstick, and it lighteth all that are in the house.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33No man lighteth a candell, and putteth it in a preuy place, nether vnder a busshell, but vpon a candilsticke, that they which come in, maye se ye light.

    34The eye is the light of the body. Yf thine eye then be syngle, all thy body shal be full of light: but yf thine eye be wicked, then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse.

    35Take hede therfore, that the light which is in the, be not darcknesse.

    36Yf thy body now be light, so that it haue no parte of darknesse, then shal it be all full of light, and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man lighteth a cadell, and couereth it with a vessell, or putteth it vnder a table, but setteth it vpon a candelsticke, that soch as go in maye se light.

    17For there is nothinge hyd, that shal not be openly shewed: and there is nothinge secrete, that shal not be knowne, and come to light.

  • Matt 6:1-6
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    1Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen.

    2When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

    3But whe thou doest almes, let not thy lefte hande knowe, what thy righte hande doth;

    4that thine almes maye be secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

    5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as ye ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

    6But when thou prayest, entre in to thy chamber, and shut thy dore to the, & praye to thy father which is in secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

  • Mark 4:21-22
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    21And he sayde vnto the: Is a candle lighted to be put vnder a busshell, or vnder a table? Is it not lighted, to be set vpon a candelsticke?

    22For there is nothinge hyd, that shal not be openly shewed: and there is nothinge secrete, yt shal not be knowne.

  • Matt 6:18
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    18that it appeare not vnto men, that thou fastest: but vnto thy father which is in secrete: and thy father which seyth in secrete, shal rewarde the openly.

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    35Let youre loynes be gerded aboute, and youre lightes burnynge,

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    43The shal the righteous shyne as the Sonne, in the kyngdome of their father. Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22The eye is the light of the body. Yf thyne eye then be syngle, all thy body shalbe ful of light:

    23But and yf thyne eye be wycked, all thy body shalbe full of darckenes: Wherfore yf the light that is in the, be darckenes, how greate then shall that darckenes be?

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.

  • John 5:35
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    35He was a burnynge and shyninge light, but ye wolde haue reioysed a litle whyle in his light.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for as the lightenynge shyneth aboue from the heauen, and lighteth ouer all that is vnder the heaue, so shal the sonne of ma be in his daye.

  • John 7:4
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    4He that seketh to be openly knowne, doth nothinge in secrete. Yf thou do soch thinges, the shewe yi self before the worlde:

  • John 3:19-21
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    19But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell.

    20Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.

    21But he that doth the trueth, commeth to the light, that his workes maye be knowne: for they are done in God.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Then sayde Iesus vnto them: The light is yet a litle whyle with you, walke whyle ye haue the light, that the darknesse fall not vpo you. He that walketh in the darknesse, woteth not whither he goeth.

    36Beleue ye on the light, whyle ye haue it, that ye maye be the children of light. These thinges spake Iesus, and departed awaye, and hyd himself from them.

  • John 12:46
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    46I am come a light in to the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darknesse.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all thinges are manifest, whan they are rebuked of the lighte. For what so euer is manifest, that same is lighte.

  • Luke 12:3
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    3Therfore whatsoeuer ye haue spoke in darknesse, that same shal be herde in light: and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chabers, shalbe preached vpon the house toppes.

  • 1 Tim 5:25
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    25Likewyse also good workes are manifest afore hade: and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd.

  • Matt 5:45
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    45that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good, and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and sayde: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

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    2and was transfigured before the: & his face shone as ye Sonne, and his clothes were as white as the light.

  • Matt 5:48
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    48Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as youre father in heaue is perfecte.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15that ye maye be fautles and pure, and the childre of God without rebuke, in the myddes of ye croked and peruerse nacion, amonge whom se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde,

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    27What I tell you in darcknes, that speake ye in light: and what ye heare in the eare, that preach ye vpon the house toppes.

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    5As longe as I am in the worlde, I am the light of the worlde.

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    16the people which sat in darknes, sawe a greate lyght, & to them which sat in the region & shadowe of deeth, lyght is begone to shyne.

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    17Thinke not, that I am come to destroye the lawe, or the Prophetes: no, I am not come to destroye them, but to fulfyll them.

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    16Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell spoke of.

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    5All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye se youre good workes, and prayse God in the daye of visitacion.