Matthew 6:18

Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

each 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.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

and 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.”

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.

Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;