But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is a reward for your work.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”
- KJV Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
- BSB But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
- NKJV But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”
- NLT But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.”
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Quick answer
Azariah exhorts Asa to be strong and not slack, for his work will be rewarded. Faithful effort for God is never in vain.
Overview
The prophet turns from history to encouragement, urging perseverance in reform. The promise that 'your work will be rewarded' motivates continued obedience grounded in God's faithfulness. This call to steadfast labor echoes throughout Scripture and finds its New Testament parallel in the assurance that labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, 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.
- Josh 1:7Only 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.
- Josh 1:9Haven’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.”
- Heb 10:35Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
- 1 Chr 28:20David 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.
- Gen 15:1After 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.”
- Ps 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
- 2 Jn 1:8Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
- Heb 6:10For 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.
- Col 3:24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
- Eph 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- 1 Cor 3:8Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
- Ruth 2:12May 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.”
- 1 Cor 3:14If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
- Matt 6:6But 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.
- Rom 4:4–5Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
- Matt 6:4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
- Matt 10:41–42He 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.
- Ps 27:14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
- 1 Cor 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
- Dan 10:19He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”
- Matt 6:18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
- Matt 5:46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
- Luke 6:35But 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.
- 1 Cor 9:17–18For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
- Ps 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Matt 5:12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matt 6:1“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.
- Isa 35:3–4Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
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