After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
Matthew 5:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward 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 things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Izevel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
for it was so, when Izevel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that `Ovadyah 1 took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
Then Izevel send a messenger to Eliyahu, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
Ach'av said to Eliyahu, Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD.
The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Yehoshafat said, *Don't let the king say so.*
Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
so that men shall say, *Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.*
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Tell the righteous *Good!* For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
It happened, when Yirmeyahu had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the Kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.
Then said Yirmeyahu, It is false; I am not falling away to the Kasdim. But he didn't listen to him; so Yeriyah laid hold on Yirmeyahu, and brought him to the princes.
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
*Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
*Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Elyon; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
But about midnight Sha'ul and Sila were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Yeshua's name.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Messiah, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Messiah in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Messiah.
who killed both the Lord Yeshua and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;
For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
accounting the reproach of Messiah greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
But because you are partakers of Messiah's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, under whose wings you are come to take refuge.