Matthew 6:7

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 6 · Words of Christ are set in red.

2 songs meet this passage

  • “With every word and every breath I'm praying”

    Please Forgive Me · Bryan Adams

    strains against Matthew 6:7

    The song uses the language of prayer and devotion but aims it entirely at a human relationship rather than God, revealing where ultimate hope is placed.

  • “Do I have to say a prayer?”

    Do I Have to Say the Words? · Bryan Adams

    strains against Matthew 6:7-8

    Prayer here is just a rhetorical stand-in for proving devotion to a partner, emptied of its actual meaning as address to God.

Elsewhere in Matthew 6