Job 22:2
"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Luke 17:10
Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"
Deuteronomy 10:13
to keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
Job 21:15
What is Shaddai, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
Job 35:6-8
If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
Psalm 16:2
My soul, you have said to the LORD, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
Proverbs 3:13-18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
Proverbs 4:7-9
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Matthew 5:29
And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.