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
And Esau said, "Look, I am going to die; now what [is] this birthright to me?"
Psalm 30:9
"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men were found among them, and they said to Ishmael, "You must not kill us, for {we have} hidden treasures in the field, wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he refrained and he did not kill them in the midst of their fellow countrymen.
Matthew 16:26
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?
Romans 6:21
Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.
Conceal
Genesis 37:20
Now then, come, let us kill him and throw him in one of the pits. Then we will say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what his dreams become."
Genesis 4:10
And he 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}, [for example disputes] between blood and blood, between legal claim and legal claim and between assault and assault [and between] matters of discernment in your {towns}, then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose;
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, "Your blood [is] on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, 'I killed Yahweh's anointed one!'"
Job 16:18
"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in the midst of her; {she put it on a bare rock}; she [did] not pour it on the ground to cover it [with] dust.