Verse 14
A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Prov 13:2 : 2 From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.
- Prov 15:23 : 23 A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!
- Prov 18:20-21 : 20 From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
- Ps 63:5 : 5 As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
- Matt 10:41-42 : 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
- Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
- 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
- Heb 2:2 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
- Heb 11:26 : 26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.