'Repay' in the Bible
but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.
“Do you thus repay the Lord,O foolish and unwise people?Is not He your Father who has bought you?He has made you and established you.
If I sharpen My flashing sword,And My hand takes hold on justice,I will render vengeance on My adversaries,And I will repay those who hate Me.
The Lord will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered you into my hand today, but I refused to stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil.”
‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the Lord.”
“You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’Let God repay him so that he may know it.
“Who will confront him with his actions,And who will repay him for what he has done?
“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;Repay them their recompense.
They repay me evil for good,To the bereavement of my soul.
And those who repay evil for good,They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up,That I may repay them.
But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold;He must give all the substance of his house.
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,And He will repay him for his good deed.
Do not say, “I will repay evil”;Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.
According to their deeds, so He will repay,Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;To the coastlands He will make recompense.
“Behold, it is written before Me,I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will even repay into their bosom,
I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”
“Summon many against Babylon,All those who bend the bow:Encamp against her on every side,Let there be no escape.Repay her according to her work;According to all that she has done, so do to her;For she has become arrogant against the Lord,Against the Holy One of Israel.
“But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares the Lord.
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,And her mighty men will be captured,Their bows are shattered;For the Lord is a God of recompense,He will fully repay.
My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, do the smiting.
Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will repay him for his scorn.
And it will be, like people, like priest;So I will punish them for their waysAnd repay them for their deeds.
The Lord also has a dispute with Judah,And will punish Jacob according to his ways;He will repay him according to his deeds.
so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.
So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’
So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’
And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.
When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?”
On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’
and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”