Matthew 6:7
Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:26So they tooke the one bullocke, that was giuen them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal, from morning to noone, saying, O Baal, heare vs: but there was no voyce, nor any to answere: and they leapt vpon the altar that was made.
Ecclesiastes 5:7If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.
Matthew 6:32(For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.
Matthew 26:39So hee went a litle further, and fell on his face, and praied, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup passe from me: neuerthelesse, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matthew 26:44So he left them and went away againe, and praied the third time, saying the same woordes.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:6-9
The Sermon on the Mount. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they… Read the whole commentary →