Matthew 6:18

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 chamber, 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;

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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.

    2Therefore 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 assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

    4so 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 assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

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

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

    9Pray 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.

    15But 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 assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

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

    15Neither 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.

    16Even 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;

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

    21for 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.

    23But 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%

    4For 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%

    3Why 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 [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

    4Behold, 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%

    17For 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?'

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

    33But 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%

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

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

  • Luke 12:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

  • Isa 58:7
    69%

    7Isn't it to deal 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%

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

  • Luke 12:33
    69%

    33Sell 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%

    23Rejoice 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%

    27Don'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%

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

  • Matt 23:9
    68%

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

  • Matt 23:5
    68%

    5But 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%

    35So 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%

    8For 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%

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

  • Matt 9:14
    67%

    14Then 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%

    22For 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 man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

  • Luke 18:12
    67%

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

  • Eph 6:7
    67%

    7with 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%

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