Thematic Bible: Ostentation
Thematic Bible
Ostentation » In religious service
And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
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.
And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
Ostentation » In dress » General references to
And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see.
And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.
And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;
So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.
Ostentation » Distaff
And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.
She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.
Ostentation » In prayer and almsgiving
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.
Verse Concepts
Praying QuietlyAlms, Good DeedsAttention SeekersAffirmative ActionSermon On The MountGiving, Advice OnSaints, Care For The PoorBeing Seen By ManTaking HeedNo RewardOur Father In HeavenSeeing PeoplePraying Behind Closed DoorsRighteousnessExamples of secret prayerRewardlosing a loved oneHypocrisyBeing A Good Father
As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
Related Topics
- Being Seen By Man
- Boasting
- Bragging
- Christ Telling The Truth
- Displaying
- Examples of secret prayer
- Fasting
- Fasting And Prayer
- Fasting, Of Hypocrites
- Helping Others In Need
- Hypocrisy
- Hypocrites
- Hypocrites, Description Of
- No Reward
- Praying Behind Closed Doors
- Pride, Examples Of
- Reward
- Seeing People
- Seeking Honour
- Settling Accounts
- Spinning And Weaving
- Using Roads
- Wealthy People
- Deeds
- People
- Piety
- Recognition