Job 21:15

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'

Job 34:9

For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'

Exodus 5:2

Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."

Job 35:3

That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

Psalm 12:4

who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of the way. Turn aside from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

Hosea 13:6

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

Malachi 1:13-14

You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says Yahweh.

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 asked nothing 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
Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
Psalm 12:4
who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
Proverbs 30:9
lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

If we

Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are 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 asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

General references

Mark 5:17
They began to beg him to depart from their region.