149 verses contain “Reward” (in the KJV: 133, in the BSB: 70) — showing 1–100
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After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not,
Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great
reward.
After these events, the word of the LORD came to
Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid,
Abram. I am your shield, your very great
reward.”
And Leah said, God hath given me my
hire, because I have given my
maiden to my husband: and she called his name
Issachar.
Then Leah said, “God has
rewarded me for giving my
maidservant to my husband.” So she named him
Issachar.
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his
steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou
dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye
rewarded evil for good?
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his
steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
And you and your households may eat the rest of it
anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
And the elders of Moab and the elders of
Midian departed with the
rewards of
divination in their hand; and they came unto
Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
The elders of Moab and
Midian departed with the fees for
divination in hand. They came to
Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
And Balak said unto
Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
And he said to
Balaam, “Did I not send you an
urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly
reward you?”
Therefore now
flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
Therefore,
flee at once to your home! I said I would richly
reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your
reward.”
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and
awesome God, showing no
partiality and accepting no
bribe.
Cursed be he that taketh
reward to
slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who accepts a
bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
If I
whet my
glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render
vengeance to mine enemies, and will
reward them that
hate me.
The LORD
recompense thy work, and a full
reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away
unharmed? May the LORD
reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
And I am this day weak, though
anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall
reward the
doer of evil according to his wickedness.
And I am weak this day, though
anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the
evildoer according to his evil!”
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good
tidings, I took hold of him, and
slew him in
Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a
reward for his
tidings:
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at
Ziklag. That was his
reward for his news!
Ahimaaz son of
Zadok, however,
persisted and said to
Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the
Cushite!” “My son,”
Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a
reward?”
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king
recompense it me with such a
reward?
Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
The LORD
rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and
justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and
justifying the righteous man by
rewarding him according to his righteousness.
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give thee a
reward.
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh
yourself, and I will give you a
reward.”
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by
recompensing his way upon his own head; and by
justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and
justifying the righteous man by
rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
Behold, I say, how they
reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to
inherit.
See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a
bribe from your wealth;
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an
hireling looketh for the
reward of his work:
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a
hireling he waits for his wages.
Let not him that is
deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
If I have
rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (
yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
if I have
rewarded my ally with evil, if I have
plundered my
foe without cause,
He that putteth not out his money to
usury, nor taketh
reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
who
lends his money without interest and refuses a
bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be
shaken.
The LORD
rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Moreover by them is thy servant
warned: and in keeping of them there is great
reward.
By them indeed Your servant is
warned; in keeping them is great
reward.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and
plentifully rewardeth the proud
doer.
Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the
arrogant.
They
rewarded me evil for good to the
spoiling of my soul.
They repay me evil for good, to the
bereavement of my soul.
Let them be
desolate for a
reward of their shame that say unto me,
Aha,
aha.
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
So that a man shall say,
Verily there is a
reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
Let them be turned back for a
reward of their shame that say,
Aha,
aha.
May those who say, “
Aha,
aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
Lift up
thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a
reward to the proud.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor
rewarded us according to our
iniquities.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our
iniquities.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Let this be the
reward of mine
adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
Lo, children are an
heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the
womb is his
reward.
Children are indeed a
heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the
womb is His
reward.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
O Daughter of Babylon,
doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
The wicked worketh a
deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure
reward.
The wicked man earns an empty
wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true
reward.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be
rewarded.
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the
reward of the righteous.
The
backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The
backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is
rewarded for his ways.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
If
anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a
reward in the
bosom strong wrath.
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a
covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
By
humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
The
rewards of
humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
For there shall be no
reward to the evil man; the
candle of the wicked shall be put out.
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be
extinguished.
For thou shalt
heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall
reward thee.
For in so doing, you will
heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will
reward you.
The great God that formed all things both
rewardeth the
fool, and
rewardeth transgressors.
And
whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I
withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart
rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
Thy princes are
rebellious, and companions of
thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after
rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither
doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of
thieves. They all love bribes and
chasing after
rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the
plea of the widow never comes before them.
The
shew of their countenance
doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as
Sodom, they hide it not.
Woe unto their soul! for they have
rewarded evil unto themselves.
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like
Sodom they
flaunt their sin; they do not
conceal it.
Woe to them, for they have brought
disaster upon themselves.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the
reward of his hands shall be given him.
Woe to the wicked;
disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Which
justify the wicked for
reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
who
acquit the guilty for a
bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His
reward is with Him, and His
recompense accompanies Him.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my
captives, not for price nor
reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for
nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in
futility and vanity; yet My
vindication is with the LORD, and My
reward is with My God.”
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of
Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his
reward is with him, and his work before him.
Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter
Zion: See, your
Savior comes! Look, His
reward is with Him, and His
recompense goes before Him.”
I the LORD search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Thus saith the LORD;
Refrain thy voice from
weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be
rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from
weeping and your eyes from tears, for the
reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go
wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him
victuals and a
reward, and let him go.
But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go
anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a
ration and a gift and released him.
And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
So your
prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one
solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour
wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
But if ye
shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and
rewards and great honour: therefore
shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to
thyself, and give thy
rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
In
response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for
yourself and give your
rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and
interpret it for him.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
whereof she hath said, These are my
rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a
thicket, and the beasts of the field will
devour them.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will
punish them for their ways, and
reward them their doings.
And it shall be like people, like priest. I will
punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a
whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a
reward upon every
cornfloor.
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your
recompense will return upon your own head.
The heads thereof judge for
reward, and the priests thereof teach for
hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they
lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Her leaders judge for a
bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice
divination for money. Yet they
lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No
disaster can come upon us.”
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a
reward; and the great man, he uttereth his
mischievous desire: so they
wrap it up.
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a
bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all
conspire together.
Rejoice, and be exceeding
glad: for great is your
reward in heaven: for so
persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Rejoice and be
glad, because great is your
reward in heaven; for in the same way they
persecuted the prophets before you.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
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.
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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.
So when you give to the
needy, do not sound a
trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full
reward.
That thine
alms may be in secret: and thy Father which
seeth in secret himself shall
reward thee openly.
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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.
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
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.
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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.
When you fast, do not be
somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full
reward.
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.
so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s
reward, and
whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s
reward.
And
whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple,
verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his
reward.
And if
anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his
reward.”
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
For
whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ,
verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his
reward.
Indeed, if
anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his
reward.
Rejoice ye in that day, and
leap for joy: for, behold, your
reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Rejoice in that day and
leap for joy, because great is your
reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and
lend, hoping for nothing again; and your
reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the
unthankful and to the evil.
But love your enemies, do good to them, and
lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your
reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the
ungrateful and wicked.
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due
reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing
amiss.
We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
(Now with the
reward for his wickedness
Judas bought a field; there he fell
headlong and
burst open in the middle, and all his intestines
spilled out.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
If any man’s work
abide which he hath built
thereupon, he shall receive a
reward.
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.