motives

Genesis Chapter 4:7

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

1 Samuel Chapter 16:7

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Proverbs Chapter 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs Chapter 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Matthew Chapter 6:1

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew Chapter 6:2

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matthew Chapter 6:3

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

Matthew Chapter 6:4

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Matthew Chapter 6:5

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matthew Chapter 6:6

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew Chapter 6:7

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Matthew Chapter 6:8

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Matthew Chapter 6:9

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew Chapter 6:10

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Matthew Chapter 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew Chapter 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Matthew Chapter 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Matthew Chapter 6:14

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Matthew Chapter 6:15

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew Chapter 6:16

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matthew Chapter 6:17

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Matthew Chapter 6:18

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

1 Corinthians Chapter 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Galatians Chapter 1:10

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Philippians Chapter 2:3

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Colossians Chapter 3:17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Colossians Chapter 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

1 Thessalonians Chapter 2:4

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

1 Timothy Chapter 1:5

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

James Chapter 4:1

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

James Chapter 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

James Chapter 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

James Chapter 4:4

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

James Chapter 4:5

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

James Chapter 4:6

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

James Chapter 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James Chapter 4:8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

James Chapter 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

James Chapter 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

James Chapter 4:11

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

James Chapter 4:12

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

James Chapter 4:13

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

James Chapter 4:14

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

James Chapter 4:15

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

James Chapter 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

James Chapter 4:17

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

1 John Chapter 3:12

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

1 John Chapter 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.