Bible Verses about โearthly rewardsโ
The Bible contains 36 verses about earthly rewards across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โAnd whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,โ
โ"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.โ
โfor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.โ
โbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;โ
โ"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;โ
โTherefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.โ
โso that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.โ
โBut when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,โ
โknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.โ
โBut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.โ
โSell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.โ
โRejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.โ
โFor where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.โ
โthat they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;โ
โCharge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;โ
โlaying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.โ
โBut when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;โ
โJesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."โ
โand you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."โ
โDon't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.โ
โFor we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.โ
โFor what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?โ
โBy faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,โ
โchoosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;โ
โaccounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.โ
โEveryone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.โ
โIf any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.โ
โWhy do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.โ
โ"Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.โ
โHe also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.โ
โeach man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.โ
โIf any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.โ
โBut if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;โ
โWicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.โ
โWoe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.โ
โ"But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.โ
