Genesis 15:1
God’s Covenant with Abram
1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: a“Fear not, Abram, I am byour shield; your reward shall be very great.”Ruth 2:12
12 cThe 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!”Proverbs 11:18
18The wicked earns deceptive wages,but one who dsows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Matthew 5:12
12 eRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for fso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Matthew 5:46
46 gFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?Matthew 6:1-2
Giving to the Needy
1“Beware of hpracticing your righteousness before other people in order ito be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.2 j“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may kbe praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have lreceived their reward.
Matthew 6:5
The Lord’s Prayer
5“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love mto stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. nTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward.Matthew 6:16
Fasting
16“And owhen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. pTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward.Matthew 10:41
41 qThe 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.Colossians 2:18
18Let no one rdisqualify you, sinsisting on asceticism and worship of angels, tgoing on in detail about visions, ▼ vpuffed up without reason by whis sensuous mind,
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