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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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Obadiah 1:15
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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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Obadiah 1:15 · retained source text

For the day of the LORD is neere vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done vnto thee, thy reward shall returne vpon thine owne head.

1611 marginal noteEzek. 35.15.

Micah 3:11
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 3:11 · retained source text

The heads thereof iudge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hyre, and the Prophets thereof diuine for money: yet will they leane vpon the LORD, and say; Is not the LORD among vs? none euill can come vpon vs.

1611 marginal noteHeb. saying.

Micah 7:3
¶ 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 7:3 · retained source text

¶ That they may doe euill with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the iudge asketh for a reward: and the great man, he vttereth his mischieuous desire: so they wrap it vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the mischiefe of the soule.

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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.

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