Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
What profit
Bible References
What profit
Genesis 25:32
Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”
Psalm 30:9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will thedust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
Will the
Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions.
Matthew 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Romans 6:21
Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
Conceal
Genesis 37:20
Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!”
Genesis 4:10
He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Deuteronomy 17:8
“If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God chooses.
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
Job 16:18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
Ezekiel 24:7 “For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did notpour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not
To cover it with dust.