Thematic Bible: An avoidance of ostentation

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 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 heed that ye practise not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when thou dost alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left-hand know what thy right-hand doth: read more.
That thy alms may be in secret, and thy father who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To FastSeeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer