'Reward' in the Bible

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,“Do not fear, Abram,I am a shield to you;Your reward shall be very great.”

May the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? May the Lord therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day.

when one told me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

Now Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab, “But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why would you run, my son, since you will have no reward for going?”

Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward?

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;For emptiness will be his reward.

Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;In keeping them there is great reward.

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,And of those who speak evil against my soul.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,The fruit of the womb is a reward.

The wicked earns deceptive wages,But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.

The reward of humility and the fear of the LordAre riches, honor and life.

For you will heap burning coals on his head,And the Lord will reward you.

All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.

Behold, the Lord God will come with might,With His arm ruling for Him.Behold, His reward is with HimAnd His recompense before Him.

“I have aroused him in righteousnessAnd I will make all his ways smooth;He will build My city and will let My exiles go free,Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.

But I said, “I have toiled in vain,I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,And My reward with My God.”

Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth,Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

“Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.

And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.