Cross references

Matthew 6:5

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.

Matthew 6:5 BSB

Matthew 6:5 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 24 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 6:2 (28 votes) and Luke 18:10–11 (27 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 48 to James 5.

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Which verses does Matthew 6:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 6:228 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.

  2. “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

  3. Luke 18:1325 votes

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

  4. Mark 11:2524 votes

    And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

  5. Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

  6. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

  7. Isaiah 1:1513 votes

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

  8. James 4:611 votes

    But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

  9. Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

  10. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

  11. Luke 18:19 votes
  12. Luke 20:479 votes
  13. Luke 11:437 votes
  14. Psalm 5:26 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 6:5?

The 10 strongest of 28.