Matthew 6:5
When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
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4so that your gift may be given in secret. Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, 1 when God takes away his life? 1
Psalms 55:17In the evening, morning and at noonday I complain and moan; 1 he will hear my voice. 1
Proverbs 16:5Yahweh hates everyone who has an arrogant heart, 1 but be sure of this, they will not go unpunished. 1
Isaiah 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call on him while he is nearby. 1
Daniel 6:10When Daniel learned that the document had been signed into law, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his upper room toward Jerusalem), and he got down on his knees, as he did three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done before.
Matthew 6:2So when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before yourself as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have the praise of people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
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 →