Job 22:2

Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

Luke 17:10

Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say - Unprofitable servants, are we, - What we were bound to do, we have done!

Deuteronomy 10:13

to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, - for thy good?

Job 21:15

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?

Job 35:6-8

If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

Proverbs 3:13-18

How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

Proverbs 4:7-9

The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

Proverbs 9:12

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

Good is wisdom, with an inheritance, - and a profit, to such as see the sun.

Matthew 5:29

And, if, thy right eye, is causing thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee, - for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, be cast into gehenna.

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap, -

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

General references

Bible References

A man

Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
Luke 17:10
Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say - Unprofitable servants, are we, - What we were bound to do, we have done!

As he that, etc

Deuteronomy 10:13
to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, - for thy good?
Proverbs 3:13
How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
Proverbs 4:7
The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Good is wisdom, with an inheritance, - and a profit, to such as see the sun.
Matthew 5:29
And, if, thy right eye, is causing thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee, - for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, be cast into gehenna.
Galatians 6:7
Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap, -

General references

Job 35:7
If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?
Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
Luke 17:10
Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say - Unprofitable servants, are we, - What we were bound to do, we have done!