Matthew 5:45
that you may be sons 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.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 5 · Words of Christ are set in red.
One song meets this passage
“The sun shines, it don't ask why”
Love Is a Wonderful Thing · Michael Bolton
resonates with Matthew 5:45
The natural imagery of sun and rain as effortless gifts mirrors Jesus' point about God's provision being freely given, though the song stops short of naming the Giver.
Elsewhere in Matthew 5
- Matthew 5:3Like a Rolling Stone
- Matthew 5:3-5All This Time
- Matthew 5:3-10Man in Black
- Matthew 5:9Immigrant Song · Beat It · Try That in a Small Town · I Never Said That (RedWords)
- Matthew 5:11-12Jesus Walks
- Matthew 5:14-16Golden · Diamonds · Mighty to Save · Amazing
- Matthew 5:16Ultralight Beam
- Matthew 5:21-22Panic · Warm It Up · Dre Day
- Matthew 5:23-24Hello
- Matthew 5:27-28Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) · In the Closet
- Matthew 5:28Just Keep Watching · Prayin' for You · P.A.S.S.I.O.N. · Baby Got Back · Everything About You (Live at Woodstock Festival, Poland, 2013) · Dazzey Duks · If · Whoot, There It Is
- Matthew 5:33-37Tequila
- Matthew 5:34-37Natural
- Matthew 5:38-39wait in the truck (feat. Lainey Wilson) [Apple Music Sessions]
- Matthew 5:43-4430 For 30 (with Kendrick Lamar) · Bomb Iran (1980) · Sacala
- Matthew 5:44Burning Down · DENIAL IS A RIVER · Before He Cheats · Lighters Up