Matthew 5:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.
  • John 15:8 : 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples.
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 (Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men)
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes. 6 If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly: 7 But if we walke in the light as he is in the light, we haue fellowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.
  • 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and to be made marueilous in all them that beleeue ( because our testimonie toward you was beleeued) in that day. 11 Wherefore, we also pray alwayes for you, that our God may make you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodnes, and the worke of faith with power, 12 That the Name of our Lorde Iesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lorde Iesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blamelesse, & pure, and the sonnes of God without rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and crooked nation, among whom yee shine as lights in the world, 16 Holding forth the worde of life, that I may reioyce in the day of Christ, that I haue not runne in vaine, neither haue laboured in vaine.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, O Ierusalem: be bright, for thy light is come, and the glorie of the Lorde is risen vpon thee. 2 For beholde, darkenesse shall couer the earth, and grosse darkenesse the people: but the Lord shall arise vpon thee, and his glory shall be seene vpon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall walke in thy light, and Kings at the brightnesse of thy rising vp.
  • Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thine health shal grow speedily: thy righteousnes shall goe before thee, and the glorie of the Lord shall embrace thee.
  • Matt 6:1-5 : 1 Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue. 2 Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde. 3 But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth, 4 That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly. 5 And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
  • 1 Tim 5:25 : 25 Likewise also the good woorkes are manifest before hande, and they that are otherwise, can not be hid.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 That they doe good, and be riche in good woorkes, & readie to distribute, and comunicate,
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gaue him selfe for vs, that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe, zealous of good woorkes.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night. 8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.
  • Titus 3:7-8 : 7 That we, being iustified by his grace, should be made heires according to the hope of eternall life. 8 This is a true saying, and these thinges I will thou shouldest affirme, that they which haue beleeued God, might be carefull to shewe foorth good woorkes. These things are good and profitable vnto men.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let vs consider one another, to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion, and to giue vnto them beautie for ashes, the oyle of ioye for mourning, the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heauinesse, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and vniust.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 So when the multitude sawe it, they marueiled, and glorified God, which had giuen such authoritie to men.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,
  • Gal 1:24 : 24 And they glorified God for me.
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 There was also at Ioppa a certaine woman, a disciple named Tabitha (which by interpretation is called Dorcas) she was full of good workes and almes which she did.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise fro sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer, then when we beleeued it. 12 The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light, 13 So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying. 14 But put yee on the Lorde Iesvs Christ, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbandes, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,
  • Titus 3:4 : 4 But when that bountifulnesse & that loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared,
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.
  • 1 Tim 2:10 : 10 But (as becommeth women that professe the feare of God) with good workes.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no man your father vpon the earth: for there is but one, your father which is in heauen.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said vnto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy Name: Thy kingdome come: Let thy will be done, euen in earth, as it is in heauen:

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