'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.

After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

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.

It is to be your food, for you and your families in every place: it is your reward for your work in the Tent of meeting.

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 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.

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.

The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.

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.

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:

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.

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 to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.

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;)

See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.

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.

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

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.

As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

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?

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.

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.

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

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

Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.

Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

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 given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

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

Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;

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;

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

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.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

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?

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

For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

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.

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.

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.

Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.

And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.

For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.

O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;

And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

For a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.

Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doing: for it is the time of the Lord's punishment; he will give her her reward.

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.

You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.

The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.

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.

And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.

Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.

The days of punishment, the days of reward are come; Israel will be put to shame; the prophet is foolish, the man who has the spirit is off his head, because of your great sin.