Isa 49:4, 1Cor 3:8 | ESV | STEP | But I said , I have labored in vain ; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity ; yet surely my right is with the Lord , and my recompense with my God .

b ver. 14; ch. 15:58; 2 John 8; [ch. 4:5; Gal. 6:4, 5]; See Matt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6

Isaiah 49:4

4 ^aBut I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
and my recompense with my God.”

1 Corinthians 3:8

8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each ^bwill receive his wages according to his labor.