Thematic Bible: An avoidance of ostentation

But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy private room, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee in the open. Verse ConceptsPraying QuietlyAccess To God, By Means OfClosetsLonelinessMale And FemalePrayer, As A Relationship With GodPrayer, Practicalities OfQuietnessGod's OmnipresenceSecrecyShutting SecurelySecret PrayerSolitudeApproaching GodShutting DoorsGod Seeing The RighteousWhere To PrayPrivate RoomsReward For WorksHypocritesExamples of secret prayerRewardPraying Behind Closed DoorsPrayingNot Being Aloneatheismspace

Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens. When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does, read more.
so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open.

so that thou may not appear fasting to men, but to thy Father in secret. And thy Father, who sees in secret, will reward thee. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To FastSeeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer