Thematic Bible: An avoidance of ostentation

But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

Verse Concepts

Praying QuietlyAccess To God, By Means OfClosetsLonelinessMale And FemalePrayer, As A Relationship With GodPrayer, Practicalities OfQuietnessGod's OmnipresenceSecrecyShutting SecurelySecret PrayerSolitudeApproaching God

Shutting DoorsGod Seeing The RighteousWhere To PrayPrivate RoomsReward For WorksHypocritesExamples of secret prayerRewardPraying Behind Closed DoorsPrayingNot Being Aloneatheismspace

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. "But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

Verse Concepts

ethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To Fast

Seeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer