10 Bible Verses about Unprofitable Sins

They have sown wheat and they have reaped thorns. They are exhausted, they do not profit. And they will be ashamed of your produce, because of {the burning anger} of Yahweh."

I myself will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not benefit you.

And do not turn aside after the triviality, which have no value and cannot deliver, for they are triviality.

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.

All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.

Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?