Matthew 6:5

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Summary

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

When

Thou shalt not

Bible References

When

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'

and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

'And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,

And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing it before this.

And I pray to Jehovah my God, and confess, and say: 'I beseech Thee, O Lord God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands;

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

continually pray ye;

and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.

Thou shalt not

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

'Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'