Romans 3:1
Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?
Genesis 25:32
"Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die! What use is the birthright to me?"
Ecclesiastes 6:8
So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
Ecclesiastes 6:11
The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
Isaiah 1:11-15
"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Malachi 3:14
You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?
Romans 2:25-29
For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.