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. What good is the birthright to me?"
Psalm 30:9
"What profit is there in my destruction, if 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 those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers.
Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Romans 6:21
What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Conceal
Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."
Genesis 4:10
Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'"
Job 16:18
"Earth, don't cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock; she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.