TSK · Matthew 5:12

¶ After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.

For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee]: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.

¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

‹That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.›

‹He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.›

‹And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.›

‹Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward› [is] ‹great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.›

‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

¶ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;