Ezekiel 16:43

16:43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, ¹  declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

Ezekiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ²  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ³  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 22:31

22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, ⁵  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 23:24

23:24 They will attack ⁶  you with weapons, ⁷  chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; ⁸  they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; ⁹  they will punish you according to their laws.

Ezekiel 23:29

23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, ¹⁰  and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 3:11

3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!

For they will get exactly what they deserve. ¹² 

Jeremiah 4:18

4:18 “The way you have lived and the things you have done ¹³ 

will bring this on you.

This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. ¹⁴ 

The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.” ¹⁵ 

Matthew 16:27

16:27 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. ¹⁶ 

Romans 2:5-6

2:5 But because of your stubbornness ¹⁷  and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed! ¹⁸  2:6 He ¹⁹  will reward ²⁰  each one according to his works: ²¹ 

¹ tn Heb “your way on (your) head I have placed.”

² tn Heb “ways.”

³ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

⁴ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

⁵ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

⁶ tn Heb “come against.”

⁷ tn This is the only occurrence of this term in the OT. The precise meaning is uncertain.

⁸ tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.”

⁹ tn Heb “I will place before them judgment.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term means “labor,” but by extension it can also refer to that for which one works.

¹¹ tn Heb “The nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, and your obscene conduct and your harlotry.”

¹² tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”

¹³ tn Heb “Your way and your deeds.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “How bitter!”

¹⁵ tn Heb “Indeed, it reaches to your heart.” The subject must be the pain alluded to in the last half of the preceding line; the verb is masculine, agreeing with the adjective translated “painful.” The only other possible antecedent “punishment” is feminine.

¹⁶ sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.

¹⁷ tn Grk “hardness.” Concerning this imagery, see Jer 4:4; Ezek 3:7; 1 En. 16:3.

¹⁸ tn Grk “in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

²⁰ tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.

²¹ sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.