Matthew 6:4
that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3'But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,
Cross References
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.
Psalms 139:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
Jeremiah 17:10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Matthew 6:6'But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
Matthew 10:42and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
Luke 8:17for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.
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 →