Matthew 6:4
That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
Cross References
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
Psalms 139:1I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his angels:
Jeremiah 17:10I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
Matthew 6:6But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
Luke 8:17For there is not any thing secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:2-5
The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in… Read the whole commentary →