Bible Verses about “motives”

“Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”

“"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

“But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."”

“doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;”

“"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.”

“To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.”

“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

“Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'”

“so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

“But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,”

“"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”

“In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.”

“Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.”

“Give us today our daily bread.”

“Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.”

“But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;”

“"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.”

“so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.”

“Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.”

“For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.”

“Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.”

“You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.”

“Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?”

“Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?”

“You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”

“not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;”

“You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.”

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

“Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.”

“But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."”

“Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."”

“For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."”

“But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.”

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

“This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.”

“For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.”

“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.”

“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.”

“If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."”

“Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?”

“But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.”

“Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.”

“unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.”

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.”