239 occurrences in 13 translations

'Reward' in the Bible

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

Then Leah said, "God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife." So she named him Issachar.

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.

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.

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.'"

Balak asked Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?”

Now go to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but look, the Lord has denied you a reward.”

But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.

Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

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.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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 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 spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, "If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you."

And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.

So now, if you have done truly and uprightly in making Abimelech king, and if you have done well to Jerubbaal and his house in reward for the work of his hands;

And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.

He said to his mother, "You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you." His mother said, "May the Lord reward you, my son!"

"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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

However, Ahimaaz son of Zadok persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!”Joab replied, “My son, why do you want to run since you won’t get 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?

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.

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 the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

A covenant is between me and thee, between my father and thy father; lo, I have sent to thee a reward of silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he goeth up from off me.'

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;)

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

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.

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

He denounces friends for reward, so his children's eyes will fail.

This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

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

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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;

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

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 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.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.

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.

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

A man will be satisfied with goodby the words of his mouth,and the work of a man’s hands will reward him.

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

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.

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

אתנה 
'ethnah 
Usage: 1

אתנן 
'ethnan 
Usage: 11

גּמוּל 
G@muwl 
Usage: 19

גּמוּלה 
G@muwlah 
Usage: 3

גּמל 
Gamal 
Usage: 37

משׂאת 
Mas'eth 
Usage: 16

משׂכּרת 
Maskoreth 
Usage: 4

מתּת 
Mattath 
Usage: 6

נבזבּה 
N@bizbah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

עקב 
`eqeb 
because , reward , end , because , by , for , if
Usage: 15

פּעלּה 
P@`ullah 
Usage: 14

פּרי 
P@riy 
Usage: 119

שׁחד 
Shachad 
Usage: 2

שׁחד 
Shachad 
Usage: 23

סכר שׂכר 
Sakar 
Usage: 21

שׂכר 
Seker 
Usage: 2

שׂכר 
Sakar 
Usage: 28

שׁלּם שׁלּוּם 
Shilluwm 
Usage: 3

שׁלם 
Shalam 
Usage: 116

שׁלּמה 
Shillumah 
Usage: 1

שׁלמן 
Shalmon 
Usage: 1

ἀνταπόδοσις 
Antapodosis 
Usage: 1

ἄξιος 
Axios 
Usage: 28

ἀποδίδωμι 
Apodidomi 
pay , give , render , reward , sell , yield ,
Usage: 25

καταβραβεύω 
Katabrabeuo 
Usage: 1

μισθαποδοσία 
Misthapodosia 
Usage: 3

μισθαποδότης 
Misthapodotes 
Usage: 1

μισθός 
Misthos 
Usage: 13

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