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Bible Verses About Work and Reward

This collection includes 50 passages about Work and Reward. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

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

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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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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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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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Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

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What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

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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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If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

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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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Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

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A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

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Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

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Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

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Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

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The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

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And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

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He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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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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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

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I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

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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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The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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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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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

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And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

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But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

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