Genesis 37:26

Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let's kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we'll see how his dreams turn out!"

Genesis 4:10

But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 25:32

"Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die! What use is the birthright to me?"

Deuteronomy 17:8

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge -- bloodshed, legal claim, or assault -- matters of controversy in your villages -- you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.

2 Samuel 1:16

David said to him, "Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying 'I have put the Lord's anointed to death.'"

Job 16:18

"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

Psalm 30:9

"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.

Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

Matthew 16:26

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Romans 6:21

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

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Summary

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Bible References

What profit

Genesis 25:32
"Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die! What use is the birthright to me?"
Psalm 30:9
"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
Jeremiah 41:8
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.
Matthew 16:26
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Romans 6:21
So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Conceal

Genesis 37:20
Come now, let's kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we'll see how his dreams turn out!"
Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Deuteronomy 17:8
If a matter is too difficult for you to judge -- bloodshed, legal claim, or assault -- matters of controversy in your villages -- you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, "Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying 'I have put the Lord's anointed to death.'"
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

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