But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
And he said, “O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”
Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
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