'Repay' in the Bible

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another, “If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”

“When a man steals an ox or a sheep and butchers it or sells it, he must repay five cattle for the ox or four sheep for the sheep.

If what was stolen—whether ox, donkey, or sheep—is actually found alive in his possession, he must repay double.

“When a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed in, and then allows his animals to go and graze in someone else’s field, he must repay with the best of his own field or vineyard.

“When a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep, but they are stolen from that person’s house, the thief, if caught, must repay double.

In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’ the case between the two parties is to come before the judges. The one the judges condemn must repay double to his neighbor.

he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property.

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

Is this how you repay the Lord,you foolish and senseless people?Isn’t He your Father and Creator?Didn’t He make you and sustain you?

Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay.In time their foot will slip,for their day of disaster is near,and their doom is coming quickly.”

when I sharpen My flashing sword,and My hand takes hold of judgment,I will take vengeance on My adversariesand repay those who hate Me.

When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go unharmed? May the Lord repay you with good for what you’ve done for me today.

May the Lord repay every man for his righteousness and his loyalty. I wasn’t willing to lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed, even though the Lord handed you over to me today.

As for me, even though I am the anointed king, I have little power today. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

Since your servant is only going with the king a little way across the Jordan, why should the king repay me with such a reward?

may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,and may You forgive, act, and repay the man,according to all his ways, since You know his heart,for You alone know every human heart,

‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘so will I repay you on this plot of land’—this is the Lord’s declaration. So now, according to the word of the Lord, pick him up and throw him on the plot of land.”

may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,and may You forgive and repay the manaccording to all his ways, since You know his heart,for You alone know the human heart,

Look how they repay us by coming to drive us out of Your possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

Who would denounce his behavior to his face?Who would repay him for what he has done?

Should God repay you on your termswhen you have rejected His?You must choose, not I!So declare what you know.

Who confronted Me, that I should repay him?Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

Repay them according to what they have done—according to the evil of their deeds.Repay them according to the work of their hands;give them back what they deserve.

They repay me evil for good,making me desolate.

The wicked man borrows and does not repay,but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

Those who repay evil for goodattack me for pursuing good.

But You, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;then I will repay them.

He will repay my adversaries for their evil.Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them.

and faithful love belongs to You, Lord.For You repay each according to his works.

Those who hate me without causeare more numerous than the hairs of my head;my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,are powerful.Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Rise up, Judge of the earth;repay the proud what they deserve.

They repay me evil for good,and hatred for my love.

How can I repay the Lordfor all the good He has done for me?

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?Won’t He who protects your life know?Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

So He will repay according to their deeds:fury to His enemies,retribution to His foes,and He will repay the coastlands.

It is written before Me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will repay them fully

I will first repay them double for their guilt and sin because they have polluted My land. They have filled My inheritance with the lifelessness of their detestable and abhorrent idols.”

For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.’”

Summon the archers to Babylon,all who string the bow;camp all around her; let none escape.Repay her according to her deeds;just as she has done, do the same to her,for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord,against the Holy One of Israel.

for a destroyer is coming against her,against Babylon.Her warriors will be captured,their bows shattered,for the Lord is a God of retribution;He will certainly repay.

They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences for your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”

The same judgment will happento both people and priests.I will punish them for their waysand repay them for their deeds.

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways;He will repay him based on his actions.

Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on himand repay him for his contempt. >

Take words of repentance with youand return to the Lord.Say to Him: “Forgive all our sinand accept what is good,so that we may repay Youwith praise from our lips.

I will repay you for the yearsthat the swarming locust ate,the young locust, the destroying locust,and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.

And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

He will repay each one according to his works:

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord.

since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self.

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

“Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay each person according to what he has done.