Matthew 6:18

World English Bible (2000)

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

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  • Matt 6:4 : 4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
  • Matt 6:6 : 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
  • Rom 2:6 : 6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
  • Col 3:22-24 : 22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. 23 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--
  • 1 Pet 2:13 : 13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 6:1-9
    9 verses
    90%

    1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

    3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

    4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

    6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

    8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

    9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

  • Matt 6:14-17
    4 verses
    84%

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

    15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

    16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

    17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

    15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

    16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 6:19-23
    5 verses
    76%

    19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

    20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;

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

    22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

    23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • John 7:4
    72%

    4 For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

  • Isa 58:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 'Why have we fasted,' [say they], 'and you don't see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.

    4 Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

  • Luke 8:17
    70%

    17 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

  • Matt 6:31-33
    3 verses
    70%

    31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

    32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

    33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

  • Luke 12:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

    31 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

  • Luke 12:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

    3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

  • Isa 58:7
    69%

    7 Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

  • Luke 6:36
    69%

    36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

  • Luke 12:33
    69%

    33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

  • Luke 6:23
    68%

    23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

  • John 6:27
    68%

    27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

  • Matt 5:48
    68%

    48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

  • Matt 23:9
    68%

    9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

  • Matt 23:5
    68%

    5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

  • Matt 18:35
    67%

    35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

  • Gal 6:8
    67%

    8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • Prov 24:18
    67%

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Matt 9:14
    67%

    14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • Mark 4:22
    67%

    22 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

  • Luke 11:33
    67%

    33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

  • Luke 18:12
    67%

    12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

  • Eph 6:7
    67%

    7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

  • Matt 7:6
    67%

    6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 13:43
    67%

    43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.