Thematic Bible: Profit and loss
Thematic Bible
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days , yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Irreparable loss suffered by the impenitent
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.
and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought is diligently with tears.
but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,
Profit and loss » Loss » The wages of sin do not profit
For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;
For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
Profit and loss » Profit » Profitable things
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Imperfect service
each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Breach of trust
thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
Profit and loss » Loss, spiritual » Causes of » Sin
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Prodigality
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » False foundations
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Worldliness
For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
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