Matthew 7:2
New Living Translation
2 For you will be treated as you treat others.[a] The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.[b]
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James 2:13
New Living Translation
13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.
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Luke 6:38
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38 Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.[a]”
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- 6:38 Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.
Mark 4:24
New Living Translation
24 Then he added, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given[a]—and you will receive even more.
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- 4:24 Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.
Obadiah 15
New Living Translation
Edom Destroyed, Israel Restored
15 “The day is near when I, the Lord,
will judge all godless nations!
As you have done to Israel,
so it will be done to you.
All your evil deeds
will fall back on your own heads.
Revelation 18:6
New Living Translation
6 Do to her as she has done to others.
Double her penalty[a] for all her evil deeds.
She brewed a cup of terror for others,
so brew twice as much[b] for her.
Psalm 18:25-26
New Living Translation
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
to those with integrity you show integrity.
26 To the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
2 Corinthians 9:6
New Living Translation
6 Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
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Judges 1:7
New Living Translation
7 Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
New Living Translation
6 In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.
7 And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
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Psalm 137:7-8
New Living Translation
7 O Lord, remember what the Edomites did
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”
8 O Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.
Jeremiah 51:24
New Living Translation
24 “I will repay Babylon
and the people of Babylonia[a]
for all the wrong they have done
to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.
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