'Reward' in the Bible

Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision. "Stop being afraid, Abram," he said. "I myself your shield am your very great reward."

You and your household may eat it anywhere, because it's a reward to you in return for your services at the Tent of Meeting.

I'm determined to reward you generously, and I'll do everything you tell me to do. So come right away and curse this people for me.'"

May the LORD repay you for your work, and may a full reward be given you from the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge."

"Did all of you see this man coming up?" one Israeli asked. "He comes up to defy Israel, and the king will richly reward the man who kills him. He will give his daughter to him and will make his father's house tax free in Israel."

Now may the Lord reward you with gracious love, as well as faithfulness, to you, too! And I will also reward you because you did this good thing.

when the man who told me "Look! Saul is dead!' thought he was bringing me good news, I arrested him and had him killed at Ziklag as the reward I gave him for his news.

"Please," Zadok's son Ahimaaz continued, "No matter what happens, let me follow the Ethiopian!" Joab asked him, "Why this request to run, my son? There's no reward in it for you."

Your servant will cross the Jordan River with the king for a short distance, but why should the king offer me this reward?

So the king told the man of God, "Come back to my palace and rest a while. I'd like to give you a reward."

Now as for you, be strong and never be discouraged, because there will be reward for your work."

Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward."

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;

Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.

Reward them according to their deeds; according to the evil of their actions. Reward them based on what they do; give them what they deserve.

They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

Let shame be the reward for those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.

By his fruitful speech a man can remain satisfied, and a man's handiwork will reward him.

Disaster pursues the sinful, but good will reward the righteous.

The reward of humility is the fear of the LORD, along with wealth, honor, and life.

For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.

Reward her for her work let her actions result in public praise.

Whenever I wanted something I had seen, I never refused that desire. Instead, I enjoyed everything I did, and this became the reward in what I had undertaken.

At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten.

Look! The Lord GOD comes with strength, and his arm rules for him. Look! His reward is with him, and his payment accompanies him.

"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

"I said: "I've labored for nothing. I've exhausted my strength on futility and on emptiness.' Yet surely my recompense is with the LORD, and my reward is with my God.

"For I, the LORD, love justice, and I hate robbery and iniquity; I will faithfully present your reward and make an everlasting covenant with you.

Here is the LORD! Proclaim to the ends of the earth, say to the inhabitants of Zion: "See, your salvation is coming! See, his reward is with him, and his recompenses are before him.'

This is what the LORD says: "Restrain your voice from crying, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work," declares the LORD. "They'll return from the enemy's land.

You are great in regards to your purposes and mighty in regards to your works. Your eyes are open to everything that people do, and will reward each one according to their ways and just as their actions deserve.

I've given him the land of Egypt as a reward for attacking Tyre for me,' declares the Lord GOD.

Now as for you, keep on going until the end you'll rest and then rise to receive your reward at the end of the age.'"

Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."

If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.

"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you."

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward."

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to the Messiah will never lose his reward."

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because your reward in heaven is great! That's the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

Rather, 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 children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action.

If what a person has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.

For if I preach voluntarily, I get a reward, but if I am unwilling to do it, I am still entrusted with that obligation.

What, then, is my reward? It is to be able to preach the gospel free of charge, and so I never resort to demanding my rights when I'm preaching the gospel.

because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.

You know that it is from the Lord that you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is the Lord Messiah whom you are serving!

So don't lose your confidence, since it holds a great reward for you.

He thought that being insulted for the sake of the Messiah was of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.

See to it that you don't destroy what we have worked for, but that you receive your full reward.

I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will reward each of you as your actions deserve.

The nations were angry, but the time for your wrath has come. It is time for the dead to be judged to reward your servants, the prophets, the saints, and all who fear your name, both unimportant and important, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

"See! I am coming soon! My reward is with me to repay everyone according to his behavior.