Matthew 6:1

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Cross References (35)

  • Matthew 23:5 (65)

    All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

  • John 12:43 (55)

    For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

  • Hebrews 6:10 (33)

    For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to t

  • Matthew 23:28–30 (29)

    In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

  • Luke 16:15 (24)

    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized a

  • Galatians 6:12 (17)

    Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoi

  • Matthew 6:4–6 (17)

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

  • Ezekiel 33:31 (15)

    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although

  • John 5:44 (15)

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

  • 2 John 1:8 (14)

    Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

  • Matthew 16:6 (10)

    “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

  • Mark 8:15 (10)

    “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

  • Matthew 6:16 (10)

    When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly

  • Luke 12:15 (8)

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the ab

  • 2 Corinthians 9:9–10 (8)

    As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

  • Matthew 5:16 (7)

    In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

  • Psalms 112:9 (7)

    He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

  • Matthew 5:48 (7)

    Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • Luke 11:35 (6)

    Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

  • Luke 12:1 (5)

    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak f

  • Matthew 10:41–42 (5)

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man

  • Matthew 5:46 (5)

    If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?

  • 1 Corinthians 9:17–18 (5)

    If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

  • Daniel 4:27 (4)

    Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your ini

  • Zechariah 7:5 (4)

    “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these

  • Matthew 23:13 (4)

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not

  • Matthew 25:40 (4)

    And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for

  • Matthew 6:9 (3)

    So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

  • Deuteronomy 24:13 (3)

    be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to

  • Hebrews 2:1 (3)

    We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

  • Hebrews 11:26 (2)

    He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

  • Matthew 16:27 (2)

    For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he

  • 2 Kings 10:16 (1)

    saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.

  • 2 Kings 10:31 (1)

    Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn a

  • Zechariah 13:4 (-1)

    And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in orde