Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of death: and what profit shall this birthright be to me?
Psalm 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?
Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he refrained, and killed them not with their brethren.
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Romans 6:21
What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Conceal

Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.
Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between bloodsheds, between legal rights, and between assaults, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;
2 Samuel 1:16
And David said unto him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
Job 16:18
O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;