John 7:4
For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
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- John 18:20 : 20 Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
- Prov 18:1-2 : 1 One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment. 2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.
- Matt 6:5 : 5 Private Prayer“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward!
- Matt 23:5 : 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
- Luke 6:45 : 45 The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
- Matt 6:1-2 : 1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven. 2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
- 1 Kgs 22:13 : 13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him,“Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.”
- Matt 4:6 : 6 and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
- Matt 6:16 : 16 Proper Fasting“When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
- Acts 2:4-9 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” 12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
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2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
3 But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
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20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
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10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.
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16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
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13 However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.
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18 so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
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20 Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
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22 “Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
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19 So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
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7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
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24 Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”
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4 Jesus answered them,“Go tell John what you hear and see:
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44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
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28 Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.
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30 So they said to him,“Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
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26 Fear God, Not Man“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.
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17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
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12 For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.
13 But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.
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50 I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.
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37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.
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25 Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden.
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36 What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
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44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
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26 I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”