Matthew 5:45

Free Bible Version

so you may become children of your heavenly Father. For his sun shines on both the good and the bad; and he makes the rain fall on both those who do right and those who do wrong.

Cross References

Job 25:3

Who can count his armies? Is there anywhere his light doesn't shine?

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to everyone, and he shows mercy to all his created beings.

Jeremiah 5:24

You didn't think to say, “We should appreciate the Lord our God, who sends the autumn and spring rains at the right time, who makes sure we can have a harvest every year.”

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are those who work to bring peace, for they will be called children of God.

Luke 6:35

No: love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting to be repaid anything. Then you will receive a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, for he is kind to ungrateful and wicked people.

John 13:35

If you love one another you will prove to everyone that you are my disciples.”

Acts 14:17

Even so he still provided evidence of himself by doing good, sending you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons, providing all the food you need, and filling you with happiness.”

Ephesians 5:1

So then, imitate God since you're his much-loved children.

Philippians 2:15

so that you'll be sincere, innocent of any wrong. Be God's blameless children living in the middle of a dishonest and corrupt people. Shine among them as lights to the world,

1 John 3:9

All those who are born of God don't keep on sinning, for God's nature lives in them. They can't keep on sinning because they are born of God.