Job 34:9
9For ahe has said, ‘It profits a man nothingthat he should take delight in God.’
Jeremiah 2:8
8The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’bThose who handle the law did not know me;
cthe shepherds ▼
▼Or rulers
transgressed against me;ethe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after fthings that do not profit.
Matthew 16:26
26For gwhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or hwhat shall a man give in return for his soul?Romans 6:21
21 iBut what fruit were you getting at that time from the things jof which you are now ashamed? kFor the end of those things is death.
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