'Reward' in the Bible
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
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.
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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 LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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 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:
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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:
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.