Matthew 6:1
“Take heed not to do your kindness before men, to be seen by them, and if not—you have no reward from your Father who [is] in the heavens;
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Deuteronomy 24:13you certainly give back the pledge to him at the going in of the sun, and he has lain down in his own raiment and has blessed you; and it is righteousness to you before your God YHWH.
2 Kings 10:31And Jehu has not taken heed to walk in the Law of YHWH, God of Israel, with all his heart; he has not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam that he caused Israel to sin.
Ezekiel 33:31And they come in to you as the coming in of a people, || And they sit before you—My people, || And have heard your words, and they do not do them, || For they are making unhealthy loves with their mouth, || Their heart is going after their dishonest gain.
Zechariah 7:5“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
Matthew 5:16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens.
Matthew 5:48You will therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:1
Christ having, in the former chapter, armed his disciples against the corrupt doctrines and opinions of the scribes and Pharisees, especially in their expositions of the law (that was called their leaven, ch. xvi. 12 ), comes in this chapter to warn them against their corrupt practices, against the two sins which, though in their doctrine they did not justify, yet in their conversation they were notoriously guilty of, and so as even to recommend them to their admirers: these were hypocrisy and worldly-mindedness,… Read the whole commentary →