Matthew 6:7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

Matthew 18:17

If he pays no attention to them, tell the church. But if he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like an unbeliever and a tax collector to you.

Matthew 26:39

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 26:42

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Matthew 26:44

After leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

Matthew 6:32

For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Acts 19:34

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a united cry went up from all of them for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! ”