PROFIT: Bible, King James Version And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the kings laws: therefore it is not for the kings profit to suffer them. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment? For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death? He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein: Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me. Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable. What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us? And if a man love righteousness her labours are virtues: for she teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude: which are such things, as en can have nothing more profitable in their life. Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity. Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable. Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter? If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double. Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is hoarded up, what profit is in them both? Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold. Love thine own soul, and comfort thy heart, remove sorrow far from thee: for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit therein. I awaked up last of all, as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers: by the blessing of the Lord I profited, and tred my winepress like a gatherer of grapes. When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour? So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him? For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing. My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both? I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe glory unto him that giveth me wisdom. Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation. Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods. We have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit. Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shook hands, and so they departed to their tents. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? And profited in the Jews religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:06:39 +0000
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