7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.

• Ps 62:12 · echo
  "Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work."
  Psalm 62: you render to each according to his work — judgment by works
• Prov 24:12 · echo
  "If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?"
  Proverbs: he will repay each according to his deeds — impartial judgment

• Judgment

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 3:8 — Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
• 1Cor 3:8 — Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
• 1Cor 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha
• 1John 3:7 — Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
• 1Kgs 8:32 — Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
• 2Cor 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
• Col 3:24 — Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• Eph 6:8 — Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
• Ezek 18:20 — The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and
• Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
• Ezek 36:19 — And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
• Gal 6:5 — For every man shall bear his own burden.
• Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Gen 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• Isa 59:18 — According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
• Jer 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Jer 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Jer 32:19 — Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Jer 32:19 — Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Job 34:11 — For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
• Job 34:11 — For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
• John 5:29 — And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
• Judg 13:1 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
• Matt 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Matt 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
• Matt 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
• Matt 20:8 — So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Prov 24:2 — For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
• Prov 24:12 — If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works
• Prov 24:12 — If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works
• Prov 26:10 — The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
• Ps 62:12 — Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
• Ps 62:12 — Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
• Rev 2:23 — And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte
• Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte
• Rev 22:12 — And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.