Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?

Job 34:9

He has said: 'It profits one nothing to take delight in God.'

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh responded: Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and besides, I will not let Israel go.

Job 35:3

If you ask: 'What advantage do I have? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'

Psalm 12:4

They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?

Proverbs 30:9

If I am full I could deny you and say, Who is Jehovah? Or if I am poor and steal, I could take God's name in vain.

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of our way! Stop blocking our path! Get the Holy One of Israel out of our sight.'

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness. I have not said to Jacob's descendants: Seek me in vain. I, Jehovah, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Hosea 13:6

When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

Malachi 1:13-14

And you say: 'We are tired of all this!' You turn up your nose at me. You offer the lame and the sick and even stolen animals, said Jehovah. Do you think I will accept that from you?

Matthew 7:7

Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked a single thing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

General references

Bible References

What is

Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh responded: Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and besides, I will not let Israel go.
Psalm 12:4
They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?
Proverbs 30:9
If I am full I could deny you and say, Who is Jehovah? Or if I am poor and steal, I could take God's name in vain.
Hosea 13:6
When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

If we

Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness. I have not said to Jacob's descendants: Seek me in vain. I, Jehovah, speak the truth; I declare what is right.
Matthew 7:7
Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you.
John 16:24
Until now you have not asked a single thing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

General references

Mark 5:17
They asked Jesus to leave their country.