Matthew 5:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before men so they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before people, so they can see the good things you do and praise your Father who is in heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16 Cross References

Exodus 34:35

Bnei-Yisrael saw the face of Moses and that the skin of his face glistened. So Moses put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will spring up speedily. Your righteousness will go before you, the glory of Adonai as your rear guard.”

Isaiah 61:3

to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Adonai, that He may be glorified.

Matthew 23:5

All their works they do to be noticed by men. They make their tefillin wide and their tzitziyot long.

Matthew 23:9

And call no man on earth your father; for One is your Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be children 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.

Matthew 6:16

“And whenever you fast, do not become sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they neglect their faces to make their fasting evident to men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

Matthew 6:9

“Therefore, pray in this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, sanctified be Your name.

Matthew 9:8

When the crowd saw it, they were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Luke 11:2

Then Yeshua said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Father, sanctified be Your Name, Your kingdom come.

John 15:8

In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples.”

Acts 9:36

In Joppa, there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translates as Dorcas). She was full of mitzvot and tzadakah, which she continually did.

1 Corinthians 14:25

The secrets of his heart become known, and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring, “God really is among you!”

2 Corinthians 9:13

Because of the evidence of this service, they praise God for the obedience of your affirmation of the Good News of Messiah and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to everyone.

Galatians 1:24

So they were praising God because of me.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.

Ephesians 5:8

For once you were darkness, but now in union with the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light

1 Thessalonians 2:12

we exhorted and encouraged and urged each one of you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

1 Timothy 2:10

but what is suitable for women claiming godliness, through good deeds.

1 Timothy 5:10

well known for good deeds, if she raised children, if she showed hospitality, if she washed the feet of the kedoshim, if she helped those in trouble, and if she devoted herself to every good work.

1 Timothy 5:25

Likewise, good deeds are obvious, and the others cannot stay hidden.

1 Timothy 6:18

Direct them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous, sharing,

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself for us so that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and so that He might purify for Himself a chosen people, zealous for good deeds.

Titus 2:7

in all things showing yourself to be an example of good deeds—integrity in instruction, dignity,

Titus 3:14

And let our people learn to devote themselves to doing mitzvot to meet urgent needs, so they will not be unfruitful.

Titus 3:4

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared—

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good deeds.

1 Peter 2:12

Keep your conduct honorable among the Gentiles. Then while they speak against you as evildoers, they may—from noticing your good deeds—glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

1 Peter 3:1

Likewise, wives, be submitted to your own husbands so that—even if some do not obey the message—by the wives’ conduct, without a word they may be won over

1 Peter 3:16

yet with humility and reverence—keeping a clear conscience so that, whatever you are accused of, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Messiah may be put to shame.

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever speaks, let it be as one speaking the utterances of God. Whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies. So in all things may God be glorified through Messiah Yeshua—all glory and power to Him forever and ever! Amen.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are fortunate, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.