Matthew 6:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 6:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 6:18
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Luke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Psalms 44:21
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Topics

Alms Atheism Attributes of God Beneficence Benevolence Charity Church Collection

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

As we must do better than the scribes and Pharisees in avoiding heart-sins, heart-adultery, and heart-murder, so likewise in maintaining and keeping up heart-religion, doing what we do from an inward, vital principle, that we may be approved of God, not that we may be applauded of men; that is, we must watch against hypocrisy, which was the leaven of the Pharisees, as well as against their doctrin…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. That thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly--The word “Himself” appears to be an unauthorized addition to the text, which the sense no doubt suggested. (See 1Ti 5:25; Ro 2:16; 1Co 4:5). Prayer (Mt 6:5, 6).