פְּעוּלָּה

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

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

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

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

Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

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.

I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.