Thematic Bible: Ostentation
Thematic Bible
Ostentation » In religious service
He said: Come with me and see how I am on fire with zeal for Jehovah's cause. So he made him go with him in his chariot.
Do not loudly announce it when you give to the poor. The hypocrites do this in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do this to be praised by men. Believe me, they have already been paid in full.
Do not pray like the hypocrites! They want everyone to see them in the houses of worship and on the street corners. I assure you they have been paid in full.
When you abstain from food, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces to be seen by men. They have received their reward.
They do everything to be seen by men. For example: they enlarge their scripture cases for their foreheads and lengthen the tassels on their garments.
I fast twice per week. I give tithes of all that I get.
Ostentation » In dress » General references to
Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses. He showed them the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
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 honor that was his.
He gave them an account of the glories of his wealth. The number of children he had. He recalled the ways in which he had been honored by the king. How the king put him over the captains and servants of the king.
Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes. They love greetings in the marketplaces. They sit in the chief seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts.
The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived with great elegance. They entered the place of hearing with the commanders and important men of the city. Festus gave the order for Paul to be brought in.
Ostentation » Distaff
All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they made.
She stretches her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff.
Ostentation » In prayer and almsgiving
Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father.
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
He who falsely boasts of a gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own 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