Job 22:2
2 a“Can a man be profitable to God?Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Job 35:7-8
7 bIf you are righteous, what do you give to him?Or what does he receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness ca son of man.
Psalms 16:2-3
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;dI have no good apart from you.”
3 As for ethe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight. ▼
▼Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
2 Corinthians 9:12-15
12For the ministry of this service is not only supplying gthe needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13By their approval of this service, hthey ▼▼Or you
will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your jconfession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 kThanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! Philemon 11
11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
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