Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'reward' occurs 125 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'reward' in the standard works and contain 17.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Matt. 10:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 24 68
Gen. 1 1 2
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 3 0 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Job 2 1 3
Ps. 10 7 17
Prov. 5 4 9
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 5 2 7
Jer. 1 1 2
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 0 2 2
Hosea 2 1 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
NT 36 2 38
BM 16 6 22
DC 29 5 34
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 125 37 162

Gen. 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Num. 22:7
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

1 Sam. 24:17
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

2 Sam. 22:21
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

2 Chr. 15:7
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

Ps. 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Ps. 18:20
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Ps. 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Ps. 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Ps. 103:10
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Ps. 109:5
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Ps. 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Prov. 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Prov. 17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Prov. 26:10
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Isa. 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isa. 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Jer. 31:16
Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Dan. 2:6
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Dan. 5:17
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

Hosea 2:12
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.