After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.
Matthew 5:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.] American Standard Version (1901) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you. Common English Bible Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you. Catholic Public Domain Version be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you. |
After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.
Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the Lord, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.
and took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets.
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ’
Ahab said to Elijah, ‘So, my enemy, you’ve found me, have you? ’ He replied, ‘I have found you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘There is still one man who can enquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.’ ‘The king shouldn’t say that! ’ Jehoshaphat replied.
So King Ahaziah sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, he was sitting on top of the hill. He announced, ‘Man of God, the king declares, “Come down! ” ’
Asa was enraged with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.
But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
Tell the righteous that it will go well for them, for they will eat the fruit of their labour.
I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.
When he finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people, immediately the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, ‘You must surely die!
‘That’s a lie,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘I am not defecting to the Chaldeans! ’ Irijah would not listen to him but apprehended Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each according to what he has done.
‘Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note #– #your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.
But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be treated shamefully on behalf of the Name. ,
And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labour.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us. They displease God and are hostile to everyone,
For you sympathised with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession. ,
For he considered reproach for the sake of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since he was looking ahead to the reward.
who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials,
Brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience.
Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed.
May the Lord reward you for what you have done, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.’