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Words of Wisdom
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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.
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Genesis 15:1
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And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
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Genesis 44:4, 5
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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.
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Numbers 18:31
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And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
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Numbers 22:7
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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:
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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Deuteronomy 10:17, 18
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Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Deuteronomy 27:25
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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.
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Deuteronomy 32:41
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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.
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Ruth 2:12
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And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
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1 Samuel 24:17
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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.
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1 Samuel 24:19
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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.
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2 Samuel 3:39
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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:
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
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2 Samuel 4:10-12
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Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
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2 Samuel 19:36, 37
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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2 Samuel 22:21
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And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
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1 Kings 13:7
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Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
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2 Chronicles 15:7
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Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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2 Chronicles 20:11
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Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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Job 6:22-24
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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Job 7:2, 3
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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Job 21:19
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If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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Psalms 7:4, 5
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He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
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Psalms 15:5
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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Psalms 18:20
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Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
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Psalms 19:11
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O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
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Psalms 31:23
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They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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Psalms 35:12
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Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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Psalms 40:15
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He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
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Psalms 54:5
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So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Psalms 58:11
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Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
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Psalms 70:3
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Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
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Psalms 91:8
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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Psalms 94:2
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He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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Psalms 103:10
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And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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Psalms 109:5
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Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
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Psalms 109:20
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Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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Psalms 127:3
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O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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Psalms 137:8
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The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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Proverbs 11:18
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Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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Proverbs 13:13
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Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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Proverbs 17:13
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A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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Proverbs 21:14
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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.
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Proverbs 24:14
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For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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Proverbs 24:20
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For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
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Proverbs 25:22
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The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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Proverbs 26:10
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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Ecclesiastes 4:9
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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.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
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Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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Isaiah 1:23
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The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
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Isaiah 3:9
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Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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Isaiah 3:11
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Isaiah 5:23, 24
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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.
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Isaiah 40:10
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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.
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Isaiah 45:13
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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.
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Isaiah 62:11
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Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
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Jeremiah 31:16
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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.
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Jeremiah 40:5
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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.
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Ezekiel 16:34
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But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
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Daniel 2:6
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Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
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Daniel 5:17
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And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
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Hosea 2:12
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And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
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Hosea 4:9
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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.
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Hosea 9:1
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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.
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Obadiah 1:15
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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.
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Micah 3:11
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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.
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Micah 7:3
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Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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Matthew 5:12
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For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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Matthew 5:46-48
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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Matthew 6:1, 2
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That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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Matthew 6:4-6
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Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Matthew 6:16
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That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
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Matthew 6:18
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He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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Matthew 10:41, 42
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For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
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Matthew 16:27
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For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
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Mark 9:41
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Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
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Luke 6:23
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But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
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Luke 6:35
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And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
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Luke 23:41
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Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
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Acts 1:18
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Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
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Romans 4:4
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Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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1 Corinthians 3:8
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If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
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1 Corinthians 3:14
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For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
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1 Corinthians 9:17, 18
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Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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Colossians 2:18, 19
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Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
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Colossians 3:24
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For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
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1 Timothy 5:18
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Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
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2 Timothy 4:14, 15
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For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
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Hebrews 2:2-5
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Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
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Hebrews 10:35
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But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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Hebrews 11:6
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Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
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Hebrews 11:26
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And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
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2 Peter 2:13-16
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Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
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2 John 1:8
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Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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Jude 1:11
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And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
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Revelation 11:18
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Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
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Revelation 18:6
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And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
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Revelation 22:12
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Reward
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