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reward

Meaning of “reward”

Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:1

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Showing verses 1–10 of 12 · 13 word occurrences in this result

Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:12 · retained source text

Reioyce, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heauen: For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

Matthew 5:46
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 5:46 · retained source text

For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes the same?

1611 marginal noteLuke 6.32.

Matthew 6:1
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 6:1 · retained source text

¶ Take heed that yee doe not your almes before men, to bee seene of them: otherwise yee haue no reward of your father which is in heauen.

1611 marginal noteOr, with.

Matthew 6:2
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 6:2 · retained source text

Therefore, when thou doest thine almes, doe not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites doe, in the Synagogues, and in the streetes, that they may haue glory of men. Uerily, I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

1611 marginal noteOr, cause not a trumpet to be sounded.

1611 marginal noteRom. 12.8

Matthew 6:4
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:4 · retained source text

That thine almes may be in secret: And thy father which seeth in secret, himselfe shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:5
¶ 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:5 · retained source text

¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they loue to pray standing in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seene of men. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

Matthew 6:6
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 6:6 · retained source text

But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray to thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:16
¶ 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:16 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer, when yee fast, be not as the Hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appeare vnto men to fast: Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

Matthew 6:18
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:18 · retained source text

That thou appeare not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy father which is in secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 10:41
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.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 10:41 · retained source text

He that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophets reward: and he that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shal receiue a righteous mans reward.

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