Matthew 6:16

Which verses does Matthew 6:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Isaiah 58:3–531 votes

   “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. …

2. Matthew 9:14–1522 votes

   Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?” Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

3. Nehemiah 1:414 votes

   When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

4. Daniel 9:313 votes

   So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

5. Psalm 69:1011 votes

   I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

6. Luke 18:1211 votes

   I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

7. Esther 4:169 votes

   “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

8. Psalm 35:139 votes

   Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

9. Mark 2:189 votes

   Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

10. Acts 14:239 votes

    Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

11. 2 Samuel 12:168 votes
12. Zechariah 7:3–58 votes
13. Matthew 6:28 votes

    So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

14. Matthew 6:58 votes

    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

15. 1 Kings 21:277 votes
16. Psalm 109:247 votes
17. Luke 2:377 votes
18. Acts 13:2–37 votes
19. 2 Samuel 12:216 votes
20. Malachi 3:146 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 6:16?

The 10 strongest of 29.

• Hebrews 11:6 16
• Matthew 6:1 10
• Matthew 6:2 10
• Matthew 23:5 10
• Colossians 3:24 8
• Matthew 5:12 7
• Matthew 5:16 7
• Matthew 18:3 6
• Acts 13:2 6
• Matthew 9:14 5