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Matthew 6:4

WEB

4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

KJV

4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

BSB

4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

FBV

4That way what you give will be in secret, and your Father who sees what happens in secret will reward you.

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Extra References

Matthew 6:18

18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.


Matthew 6:6

6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.


Jeremiah 17:10

10I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”


Luke 14:14

14and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”


Psalms 44:21

21won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.


Matthew 25:34-40

34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. 36I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’

37Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? 38When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’

40The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[+] you did it to me.’


Luke 8:17

17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.


Jeremiah 23:24

24Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.


1 Samuel 2:30

30Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now the LORD says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.


Matthew 10:42

42Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”