Thematic Bible: Profit and loss
Thematic Bible
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
The word is faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
But piety with contentment is great gain.
Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;
they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?
and turn ye not aside; for it would be after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Irreparable loss suffered by the impenitent
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages, and they have no respite day and night who do homage to the beast and to its image, and if any one receive the mark of its name.
and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him.
for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.
but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise.
where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us.
For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
Profit and loss » Loss » The wages of sin do not profit
For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --
Profit and loss » Profit » Profitable things
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
The word is faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
Every scripture is divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Imperfect service
the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.
If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through the fire.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Breach of trust
thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:
for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him.
Profit and loss » Loss, spiritual » Causes of » Sin
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Prodigality
And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » False foundations
And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Worldliness
For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
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