10 Bible Verses about Unprofitable Sins

Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?