Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before others so they see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. It defines the goal of Christian witness as God's glory.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Pet 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
• Titus 2:7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
• John 15:8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
• 1 Jn 1:5–7And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
• Phil 2:15–16so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
• Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• 1 Pet 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
• 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Isa 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Titus 3:14And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
• 2 Cor 9:13Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
• Heb 10:24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
• Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
• 1 Tim 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
• Rom 13:11–14And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
• Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• 2 Th 1:10–12on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
• 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Th 2:12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
• 1 Th 5:6–8So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
• 1 Tim 5:25In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.
• Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
• 1 Pet 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
• Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
• Titus 3:7–8so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
• Matt 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Isa 61:3to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
• 1 Tim 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
• Matt 6:1–5“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
• 1 Tim 2:10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
• Luke 11:2So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
• Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
• Gal 1:24And they glorified God because of me.
• 1 Cor 14:25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
• Matt 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
• Matt 9:8When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
• Matt 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
• Matt 6:16When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

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