Bible Dictionary: Profit

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.

2. (n.) Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,

3. (n.) To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.

4. (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.

5. (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

Greek

5622. opheleia -- assistance, profit, benefit
... assistance, profit, benefit. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: opheleia
Phonetic Spelling: (o-fel'-i-ah) Short Definition: usefulness, profit ...
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3685. oninemi -- to profit, help
... to profit, help. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: oninemi Phonetic Spelling:
(on-in'-ay-mee) Short Definition: I help, profit, have joy of Definition: I ...
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3786. ophelos -- advantage, help
... help. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ophelos Phonetic Spelling:
(of'-el-os) Short Definition: advantage, gain, profit Definition: advantage, gain ...
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5623. opheleo -- to help, benefit, do good
... opheleo Phonetic Spelling: (o-fel-eh'-o) Short Definition: I help, benefit, do good
Definition: I help, benefit, do good, am useful (to), profit ... profit, prevail. ...
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4851. sumphero -- to bring together, to be profitable
... 4851 (from 4862 , "together " and 5342 , "bring, carry") -- properly, combine in
a way that brings a profit (gain), especially by a " of circumstances" that ...
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4297. prokope -- progress
... progress, furtherance, profit. From prokopto; progress, ie Advancement (subjectively
or objectively) -- furtherance, profit. see GREEK prokopto. ...
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4298. prokopto -- to cut forward (a way), advance
... progress (1), proceed (1). proceed, profit, advance. From pro and kopto;
to drive forward (as if by beating), ie (figuratively and ...
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2039. ergasia -- work (noun)
... Word Origin from ergon Definition work (noun) NASB Word Usage business (2), effort
(1), practice (1), profit (2). craft, diligence, gain, work. ...
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2770. kerdaino -- to gain
... 2770 -- properly, to profit (gain), an ancient term for () one good for another;
(figuratively) to exchange (trade out) what is ("good") for the , ie "trading ...
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2771. kerdos -- gain
... gain. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kerdos Phonetic Spelling:
(ker'-dos) Short Definition: gain, advantage Definition: gain, advantage, profit. ...
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Topical Bible Verses

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Matthew 16:26
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?
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1 Timothy 6:17-19
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
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2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
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Acts 20:35
I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
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Matthew 6:19-21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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Strong's Hebrew

3276. yaal -- to confer or gain profit or benefit
... 3275, 3276. yaal. 3277 . to confer or gain profit or benefit. Transliteration:
yaal Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-al') Short Definition: profit. Word Origin a prim ...
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1215. betsa -- gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit
... 1214, 1215. betsa. 1216 . gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit.
Transliteration: betsa Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-tsah) Short Definition: gain. ...
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3504. yithron -- advantage, profit
... 3503, 3504. yithron. 3505 . advantage, profit. Transliteration: yithron
Phonetic Spelling: (yith-rone') Short Definition: advantage. ...
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4195. mothar -- abundance, preeminence
... Word Origin from yathar Definition abundance, preeminence NASB Word Usage
advantage (2), profit (1). plenteousness, preeminence, profit. ...
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3148. yother -- superiority, advantage, excess
... 1), overly (1). better, moreover, over, profit. Active participle of yathar;
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective ...
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5504. sachar -- commerce, gain
... Word Origin from sachar Definition commerce, gain NASB Word Usage gain
(3), market (1), merchandise (1), profit (2). merchandise. ...
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5532. cakan -- to be of use or service, benefit
... be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary --
acquaint (self), be advantage, X ever, (be, (un-))profit(-able), treasurer ...
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7737. shavah -- to agree with, be like, resemble
... suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.) -- avail, behave, bring forth, compare,
countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-)like, make plain, profit, reckon ...
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5505. sachar -- mart, merchandise
... Word Origin the same as sachar, qv. mart, merchandise From cachar; an emporium;
abstractly, profit (from trade) -- mart, merchandise. see HEBREW cachar. ...
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1100. beliyyaal -- worthlessness
... From bliy and ya'al; without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction,
wickedness (often in connection with 'iysh, 'ishshah, ben, etc.) -- Belial, evil ...
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Library

On the Profit of Believing.
On the Profit of Believing. . On the Profit of Believing. St. Augustine.
Translated by Rev. CL Cornish. MA Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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Profit and Loss
... Profit and Loss. A Sermon No.92. ... At Exeter Hall, Strand. "What shall it profit a
man, if he shall gain the whole word, and lose his own soul?""Mark 8:36. ...
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The Saints' Privilege and Profit;
... THE SAINTS' PRIVILEGE AND PROFIT; OR, THE THRONE OF GRACE. ADVERTISEMENT
BY THE EDITOR. ... GEO. OFFOR. THE SAINTS' PRIVILEGE AND PROFIT. ...
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Whether the Indulgences of the Church Profit the Dead?
... OF THE SUFFRAGES FOR THE DEAD (FOURTEEN ARTICLES) Whether the indulgences of the
Church profit the dead? ... Therefore indulgences profit the dead. ...
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Whether Suffrages Profit the Saints in Heaven?
... OF THE SUFFRAGES FOR THE DEAD (FOURTEEN ARTICLES) Whether suffrages profit the saints
in heaven? ... Therefore suffrages profit the saints in heaven. ...
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What Profit is this Glory of Christ, Our Head, unto Us?
... Lord's Day 19 Question 51 What profit is this glory of Christ, our head, unto
us? What profit is this glory of Christ, our head, unto us? ...
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Of the Profit and Worthiness of Prayer and Meditation
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER XX OF THE PROFIT AND WORTHINESS OF PRAYER
AND MEDITATION. Constant prayer helps mickle to get and ...
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Whether Suffrages Profit those who are in Purgatory?
... OF THE SUFFRAGES FOR THE DEAD (FOURTEEN ARTICLES) Whether suffrages profit
those who are in purgatory? Objection 1: It would seem ...
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Whether Suffrages Profit those who are in Hell?
... OF THE SUFFRAGES FOR THE DEAD (FOURTEEN ARTICLES) Whether suffrages profit those
who are in hell? ... Therefore suffrages profit those who are in hell. ...
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And what did it Profit Me, that Scarce Twenty Years Old...
... Book IV Chapter XVI And what did it profit me, that scarce twenty years
old� And what did it profit me, that scarce twenty years ...
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Thesaurus

Profit (143 Occurrences)
... excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence,
pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the ...
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Advantage (44 Occurrences)
... over. 3. (n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain;
profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution. 4. (n ...
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Benefit (39 Occurrences)
... favor conferred. 2. (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness,
or adds value to property; advantage; profit. 3. (n ...
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Interest (35 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion;
part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the ...
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Laboreth (8 Occurrences)
... thereto'. (ASV WBS). Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath man of all his labor
wherein he laboreth under the sun? (ASV). Ecclesiastes ...
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Laboureth (8 Occurrences)
... him. (KJV JPS DBY). Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith
he laboureth under the sun? (DBY JPS YLT). Ecclesiastes ...
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Gains (19 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Gains (19 Occurrences). Matthew 16:26 For what will it
profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? ...
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Gets (122 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Matthew 16:26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the
loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life? (BBE). ...
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Forfeit (12 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Forfeit (12 Occurrences). Matthew 16:26 For what will
it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? ...
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Toiled (13 Occurrences)
... which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that
all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the ...
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Bible Concordance

Profit (143 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
(Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 16:26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 25:30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT)

Mark 7:11 But you say,'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 8:36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 9:25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
(WEB ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
(Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.
(DBY)

Acts 16:16 One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes.
(Root in WEY BBE DBY NAS)

Acts 16:19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;
(BBE NAS)

Acts 19:24 For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;
(BBE)

Acts 20:20 how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 27:3 The next day we put in at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul with thoughtful kindness and allowed him to visit his friends and profit by their generous care.
(WEY)

Romans 2:25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 3:1 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 3:12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 6:12 Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave.
(Root in WEY DBY YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 7:35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 10:33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 12:7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 14:6 But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 14:17 For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 14:19 But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY NAS)

2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
(BBE NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:2 Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 8:10 And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.
(BBE DBY)

2 Corinthians 11:20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 12:1 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
(Root in WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS)

2 Corinthians 12:17 Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 12:18 I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 12:19 It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
(BBE)

Galatians 5:2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Galatians 5:4 Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
(DBY)

Galatians 5:6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
(BBE)

Ephesians 4:17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,
(BBE)

Philippians 1:21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
(BBE)

Philippians 3:7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
(BBE NIV)

Philippians 4:17 Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
(See NAS)

1 Thessalonians 2:5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
(BBE)

1 Timothy 4:8 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.
(Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Timothy 6:2 And those who have believing masters should not be wanting in respect towards them because they are their brethren, but should serve them all the more willingly because those who profit by the faithful service rendered are believers and are friends.
(WEY DBY)

1 Timothy 6:5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
(BBE)

1 Timothy 6:6 But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
(BBE)

2 Timothy 2:14 Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

2 Timothy 3:16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Titus 1:7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
(BBE)

Titus 3:8 This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 3:9 but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philemon 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
(Root in KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT)

Philemon 1:20 Yea, brother, I would have profit of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.
(DBY YLT)

Hebrews 4:2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn't profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith by those who heard.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Hebrews 7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
(Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 12:10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 13:9 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.
(Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Hebrews 13:22 But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.
(BBE)

James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

James 2:16 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?
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

James 4:13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
(WEB NAS)

1 Peter 5:2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
(BBE)

2 Peter 2:3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
(BBE)

Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah's rebellion.
(See NIV)

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.
(DBY YLT)

Genesis 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Genesis 37:26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 25:36 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
(WEB)

Leviticus 25:37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 26:20 And your strength will be used up without profit; for your land will not give her increase and the trees of the field will not give their fruit.
(BBE)

Numbers 10:29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.
(BBE)

Judges 5:19 The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 12:21 Don't turn aside; for then you would go after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Esther 3:8 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 6:27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
(BBE)

Job 10:3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?
(BBE)

Job 15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 20:18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 21:34 Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
(BBE)

Job 22:2 "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
(See NAS)

Job 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Job 30:13 They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, 'He hath no helper.'
(YLT NAS)

Job 33:27 He sings before men, and says,'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn't profit me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Job 34:9 For he has said,'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 35:3 That you ask,'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Job 35:8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
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Job 35:16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
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Job 41:6 Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?
(BBE)

Psalms 30:9 "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
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Psalms 109:11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.
(BBE)

Proverbs 1:19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
(BBE)

Proverbs 3:14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
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Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
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Proverbs 11:4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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Proverbs 14:23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
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Proverbs 15:27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
(BBE NAS)

Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Profit

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Gets (122 Occurrences)

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