Matthew 6:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly.

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  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
  • Matt 6:6 : 6 But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.
  • Matt 6:18 : 18 That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to doe.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the Churches shall know that I am he which searche the reines and heartes: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according vnto your workes.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Nowe vnto him that is able to keepe you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glorie with ioy,
  • Ps 139:1-3 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me. 2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off. 3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
  • Ps 139:12 : 12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith, I saide, that thine house and the house of thy father should walke before mee for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be despised.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whosoeuer shall giue vnto one of these litle ones to drinke a cuppe of colde water onely, in the name of a disciple, verely I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then shall ye king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the inheritance of the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you. 36 I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or a thirst, and gaue thee drinke? 38 And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
  • Luke 8:17 : 17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be euident: neither any thing hid, that shall not be knowen, and come to light.
  • Luke 14:14 : 14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lorde come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.

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    14For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.

    15But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.

    16Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.

    17But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,

    18That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.

    19Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe & canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.

    20But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, & where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.

    21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Matt 6:5-10
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    5And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

    6But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.

    7Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.

    8Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.

    9After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

    10Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.

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    1Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.

    2Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

    3But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,

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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

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    4For there is no man that doeth any thing secretely, and hee himselfe seeketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.

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    2For there is nothing couered, that shall not bee reueiled: neither hidde, that shall not be knowen.

    3Wherefore whatsoeuer yee haue spoken in darkenesse, it shall be heard in the light: and that which ye haue spoken in the eare, in secret places, shall be preached on the houses.

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    33Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

    34For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also.

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    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

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    17For nothing is secret, that shall not be euident: neither any thing hid, that shall not be knowen, and come to light.

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    35Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

    36Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.

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    6This yet remember, that he which soweth sparingly, shall reape also sparingly, and hee that soweth liberally, shall reape also liberally.

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    38Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shal men mete to you againe.

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    9He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.

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    14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.

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    45That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and vniust.

    46For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?

    47And if ye be friendly to your brethren onely, what singular thing doe ye? doe not euen the Publicanes likewise?

    48Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.

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    14And thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.

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    32(For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

    33But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.

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    30Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

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    5All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,

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    10Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

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    22For there is nothing hid, that shall not be opened: neither is there a secret, but that it shall come to light.

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    1And as he behelde, he sawe the rich men, which cast their giftes into the treasurie.

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    25But when ye shall stand, and pray, forgiue, if ye haue any thing against any man, that your Father also which is in heauen, may forgiue you your trespasses.

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    30For all such things the people of the world seeke for: and your Father knoweth that ye haue neede of these things.