God’s Covenant with Abram

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your work in the tabernacle of meeting.

The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?

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

Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.

For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.

Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward.

They reward me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul.

So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth.”

Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.

Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers, And to those who speak evil against my person.

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

The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.

For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you.

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; And this was my reward from all my labor.

The Value of a Friend

Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.

For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.

Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Behold, the Lord God shall come with a 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 let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward,” Says the Lord of hosts.

Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the Lord, And my work with my God.’ ”

Indeed the Lord has proclaimed To the end of the world: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Surely your salvation is coming; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.’ ”