Matthew 5:16
So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
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Exodus 34:35And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out, was radiant, but he covered his face again, whenever he spoke to them.
Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the morning, and your health will improve quickly, and your justice will go before your face, and the glory of the Lord will gather you up.
Isaiah 61:3to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.
Matthew 6:1“Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:16And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.
Matthew 23:5Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:14-17
The Sermon on the Mount. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify… Read the whole commentary →