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In a biblical context, compensation often involves principles of justice, restitution, and divine reward.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Themes:</b><br><br>1. <b>Divine Justice and Restitution:</b><br> The concept of compensation is closely tied to the biblical principle of justice. In the Old Testament, the Law of Moses includes specific instructions for restitution. For example, <a href="/exodus/22.htm">Exodus 22:1</a> states, "If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep." This reflects the idea that compensation should be proportional to the loss incurred.<br><br>2. <b>God as the Ultimate Compensator:</b><br> Scripture often portrays God as the one who compensates His people for their losses and sufferings. In <a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a> , God promises, "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm—My great army that I sent among you." This passage highlights God's ability to restore and compensate beyond human capability.<br><br>3. <b>Compensation in the New Testament:</b><br> The New Testament continues the theme of divine compensation, particularly in the teachings of Jesus. In <a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a> , Jesus assures His followers, "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life." Here, compensation is not only material but also spiritual and eternal.<br><br>4. <b>Human Responsibility in Compensation:</b><br> The Bible also emphasizes the responsibility of individuals to compensate others fairly. In the parable of the workers in the vineyard (<a href="/matthew/20.htm">Matthew 20:1-16</a>), Jesus illustrates the principle of fair compensation, where each worker receives what was agreed upon, regardless of the hours worked. This parable underscores the importance of integrity and fairness in human dealings.<br><br>5. <b>Compensation and Forgiveness:</b><br> While compensation is a form of justice, the Bible also teaches about forgiveness and grace, which sometimes transcend the need for compensation. In the account of the prodigal son (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>), the father forgives and restores his son without demanding compensation for the squandered inheritance, illustrating God's grace and mercy.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br>The concept of compensation in the Bible is deeply intertwined with God's character as just and merciful. It reflects the balance between justice and grace, where God ensures that wrongs are righted while also offering forgiveness and restoration. Believers are called to emulate these attributes in their interactions, ensuring fairness and seeking reconciliation.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to pay; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.<p>3. (<I>v. i.</I>) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1580.htm"><span class="l">1580. gamal -- to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen NASB<br> Word Usage bore ripe (1), brought (1), <b>compensate</b> (1), deal bountifully (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1580.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_he_that_has_taken.htm"><span class="l">Whether He that Has Taken a Thing is Always Bound to Restitution?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For just as a man who strikes another, though he gain nothing thereby, is bound<br> to <b>compensate</b> the injured person, so too he that is guilty of theft or robbery <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether he that has taken.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_restitution_must_always_be.htm"><span class="l">Whether Restitution must Always be Made to the Person from whom a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> man is bound, out of his own property, to succor his parents, or those from whom<br> he has received greater benefits; but he ought not to <b>compensate</b> a benefactor <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether restitution must always be.htm</font><p><a href="/library/melanchthon/the_apology_of_the_augsburg_confession/part_17_in_the_second.htm"><span class="l">In the Second Place, Repentance and Grace are Obscured. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Therefore, because of God's will, our bodies ought to be sacrifices, declare our<br> obedience [and patience], and not to <b>compensate</b> for eternal death, for which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 17 in the second.htm</font><p><a href="/library/starrett/letters_to_a_daughter_and_a_little_sermon_to_school_girls/letter_i_behavior_and_manners.htm"><span class="l">Letter i. Behavior and Manners.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in my school friend: lovely domestic behavior. Nothing could <b>compensate</b><br> for this deficiency. What was needed in this young girl <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../letter i behavior and manners.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/successful_methods_of_public_speaking/extracts_for_study_with_lesson.htm"><span class="l">Extracts for Study, with Lesson Talk</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the appearance of artless, unpremeditated effusion, called forth by the occasion,<br> and so adapting itself to its exigencies, which may <b>compensate</b> the manifold <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../successful methods of public speaking/extracts for study with lesson.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/a_divine_cordial/the_worst_things_work_for.htm"><span class="l">The Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> God gave a testimony from heaven of his integrity, and did <b>compensate</b> his loss<br> by giving him twice as much as ever he had before (Job 13:10). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the worst things work for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/flavel/on_keeping_the_heart/ix_the_ninth_season.htm"><span class="l">The Ninth Season</span></a> <br><b>...</b> What can be compared with the value of your spiritual interests? Or what<br> can at all <b>compensate</b> for the smallest injury of them? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/ix the ninth season.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_apparel_of_women/chapter_ix_excess_in_dress_as.htm"><span class="l">Excess in Dress, as Well as in Personal Culture, to be Shunned <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> the splendour and dignity of dress lure away (from that rest and that harbour),<br> and disquiet seriousness by seductions of appetite, which <b>compensate</b> for the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on the apparel of women/chapter ix excess in dress as.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_10_1864/a_mystery_saints_sorrowing_and.htm"><span class="l">A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick." Jesus hears it, and sends back the answer<br> which had much comfort in it, but could hardly <b>compensate</b> for His own <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/a mystery saints sorrowing and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_idolatry/chapter_xiii_of_the_observance_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the Observance of Days Connected with Idolatry.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Eleazar [258] in Hades, [259] (attaining refreshment in Abraham's bosom) and the<br> rich man, (on the other hand, set in the torment of fire) <b>compensate</b>, by an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter xiii of the observance of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/compensate.htm"><span class="l"><b>Compensate</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to pay; to recompense; to give an<br> equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to <b>compensate</b> a laborer for his work <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/compensate.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pay.htm"><span class="l">Pay (212 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge<br> one's obligation to; to make due return to; to <b>compensate</b>; to remunerate <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pay.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rizpah.htm"><span class="l">Rizpah (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> because he slew the Gibeonites." David inquired of the Gibeonites what satisfaction<br> they demanded, and was answered that nothing would <b>compensate</b> for the wrong <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rizpah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/redeem.htm"><span class="l">Redeem (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (vt) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or<br> offset for; to atone for; to <b>compensate</b>; as, to redeem an error. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/redeem.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/recompense.htm"><span class="l">Recompense (79 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To render an equivalent to, for service,<br> loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to <b>compensate</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/recompense.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reward.htm"><span class="l">Reward (213 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly<br> in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to <b>compensate</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reward.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dispense.htm"><span class="l">Dispense (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (vt) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. 5. (vi) To <b>compensate</b>;<br> to make up; to make amends. 6. (vi) To give dispensation. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dispense.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/compensated.htm"><span class="l">Compensated (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of <b>Compensate</b>. Multi-Version Concordance<br> Compensated (1 Occurrence). Esther 7:4 For we are <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/compensated.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/compels.htm"><span class="l">Compels (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/compels.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/countervail.htm"><span class="l">Countervail (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> to act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such<br> action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to <b>compensate</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/countervail.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/physical-trauma.html">How can I spiritually survive a severe physical trauma? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-allow-evil.html">Why does God allow evil? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-heal-amputees.html">Why won't God heal amputees? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/compensate.htm">Compensate: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Compensate (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-26.htm">Exodus 21:26</a></span><br />"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-27.htm">Exodus 21:27</a></span><br />If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/19-36.htm">2 Samuel 19:36</a></span><br />Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Esther 7:4</a></span><br />For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB ASV DBY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/c/compensate.htm">Compensate</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/compensate.htm">Compensate (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/compensation.htm">Compensation (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/justify.htm">Justify (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/endamaged.htm">Endamaged (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/disturbing.htm">Disturbing (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/damage.htm">Damage (57 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/paid.htm">Paid (86 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bondmaids.htm">Bondmaids (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/countervail.htm">Countervail (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/annihilation.htm">Annihilation (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/annihilated.htm">Annihilated (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/annoyance.htm">Annoyance (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seth.htm">Seth (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/merely.htm">Merely (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bondservants.htm">Bondservants (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/code.htm">Code (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/adversary.htm">Adversary (100 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/epistles.htm">Epistles (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/distress.htm">Distress (169 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/loss.htm">Loss (90 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sold.htm">Sold (92 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/q/quiet.htm">Quiet (167 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/worthy.htm">Worthy (92 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/female.htm">Female (95 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/perish.htm">Perish (186 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hammurabi.htm">Hammurabi</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/affliction.htm">Affliction (120 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/john.htm">John (154 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/c/compels.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Compels"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Compels" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/c/compensated.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Compensated"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Compensated" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>