Thematic Bible: Sin unprofitable, general references to


Thematic Bible




“They have planted wheat but have reaped thorns;
They have exhausted themselves but without profit.
So be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce and raging anger of the Lord.”


“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
And your earnings for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight in abundance.


“He sings out to other men,
‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right,
And it was not proper for me!




You must not turn away, for then you would go after futile things which cannot profit or rescue, because they are futile.


For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.