If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.
And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.
Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:
And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.
And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.
For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.
See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.
Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)
So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?
For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;
Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, Whatever may come of it, let me go after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why have you a desire to go, my son, seeing that you will get no reward for your news?
Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!
When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:
For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:
(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.
If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.
Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.
There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.
And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),
In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.
And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him.
The reward of your evil designs and your disgusting ways has come on you, says the Lord.
I will take payment from Edom because of my people Israel; and I will take Edom in hand in my wrath and in my passion: and they will have experience of my reward, says the Lord.
I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his hard work, because they were working for me, says the Lord.
I have given him up into the hands of a strong one of the nations; he will certainly give him the reward of his sin, driving him out.
And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.
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