'Reward' in the Bible

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.

Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

(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.

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

Who will give to every man his right reward:

Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

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.

Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

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.

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,

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.

Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:

For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.

Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

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;

Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.

For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.

See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.