Matthew 5:16

The Sermon On The Mount: Salt And Light

¹⁵ Nor do men light a lamp to put it under a bowl; they put it on a stand and it shines for all in the house. ¹⁶ So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven. ¹⁷ Do not imagine I have come to destroy the Law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfil.

Father in Heaven

Good Deeds

Good Works

Heavenly Father

In Like Manner

Let Your Light So Shine

Our Father in Heaven

1 Peter 2:12

Conduct yourselves properly before pagans; so that for all their slander of you as bad characters, they may come to glorify God when you are put upon your trial, by what they see of your good deeds.

John 15:8

As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified.

Matthew 9:8

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

Matthew 6:1-5

Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,

2 Corinthians 9:13

This service shows what you are, it makes men praise God for the way you have come under the gospel of Christ which you confess, and for the generosity of your contributions to themselves and to all;

1 Peter 3:16

see that you have a clean conscience, so that, for all their slander of you, these libellers of your good Christian behaviour may be ashamed.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

1 John 1:5-7

Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.'

Matthew 5:45

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Matthew 6:9

Let this be how you pray: 'our Father in heaven, thy name be revered,

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they look woebegone to let men see they are fasting; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

Matthew 23:5

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

Matthew 23:9

you are not to call anyone 'father' on earth, for One is your heavenly Father;

Luke 11:2

He said to them, "When you pray, say, Father, thy name be revered, thy Reign begin;

Acts 9:36

At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices.

Romans 13:11-14

And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 14:25

the secrets of his heart are brought to light, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring, 'God is really among you.'

Galatians 1:24

which made them praise God for me.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

Ephesians 5:8

For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

Philippians 2:15-16

so as to be blameless and innocent, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverse generation where you shine like stars in a dark world;

1 Thessalonians 2:12

to lead a life worthy of the God who called you to his own realm and glory.

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;

2 Thessalonians 1:10-12

when he comes to be glorified in his saints and marvelled at in all believers on that day (for our testimony has found confirmation in your lives).

1 Timothy 2:10

but with good deeds (as befits women who make a religious profession).

1 Timothy 5:10

she must have a reputation for good service, as a woman who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved distress, and interested herself in all good works.

1 Timothy 5:25

Good works are equally conspicuous; and even when they are not, they cannot escape notice for ever.

1 Timothy 6:18

tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous,

Titus 2:7

set them an example of good conduct; be sincere and serious in your teaching,

Titus 2:14

who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

Titus 3:4

But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared;

Titus 3:7-8

that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs to the hope of life eternal."

Titus 3:14

Our people must really learn to profess honest occupations, so as to be able to meet such special occasions; they must not be idle.

Hebrews 10:24

and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good deeds ??25 not ceasing to meet together, as is the habit of some, but admonishing one another, all the more so, as you see the Day coming near.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

1 Peter 3:1

In the same way, you wives must be submissive to your husbands, so that even those who will not believe the Word may be won over without a word by the behaviour of their wives,