Thematic Bible: An avoidance of ostentation

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. 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

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward. But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does: read more.
So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To FastSeeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer