1260 verses about Reward

As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.

In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from then on.

Hezekiah had exceedingly much riches and honor. He provided himself with treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of valuable vessels;

also storehouses for the increase of grain, new wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of animals, and flocks in folds.

Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him abundant posessions.

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They did not turn from their wicked works.

Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.

Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”

The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

So Haman came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”

Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set.

Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”

The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.

The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,

All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.

That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

His soul shall dwell at ease. His offspring shall inherit the land.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.

for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.