1Sa 12:21 And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
Job 15:3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
or in words with which he can do no good?
Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
Job 30:13 They break up my path;
they promote my calamity;
they need no one to help them.
they promote my calamity;
they need no one to help them.
Job 35:3 that you ask, ‘What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
Pro 10:2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death.
but righteousness delivers from death.
Pro 11:4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
but righteousness delivers from death.
Isa 30:5 everyone comes to shame
through a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
through a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
Isa 30:6 An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
Isa 44:9 All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
Isa 44:10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
Isa 47:12 Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
Isa 48:17 Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
Isa 57:12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
but they will not profit you.
but they will not profit you.
Jer 2:8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.
Jer 2:11 Has a nation changed its gods,
even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.
even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.
Jer 7:8 “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.
Jer 12:13 They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their harvests
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their harvests
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
Jer 16:19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.
Jer 23:32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.
Hab 2:18 “What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!
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