Thematic Bible: Profit and loss
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Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."
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This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
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Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.
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Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
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Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
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Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people -- for they stand in fear before him.
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No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
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I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."
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Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
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Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger.
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Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
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That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
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You should not turn aside after empty things that can't profit and can't deliver, since they are empty.
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for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
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All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Irreparable loss suffered by the impenitent
Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
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And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name."
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and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.
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For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
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But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
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I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!
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where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.
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Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'
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For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,
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Profit and loss » Loss » The wages of sin do not profit
For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind!
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suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.
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For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
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For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.
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This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
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Profit and loss » Profit » Profitable things
For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."
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If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
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This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
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Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Imperfect service
each builder's work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.
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If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Breach of trust
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.
For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
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Profit and loss » Loss, spiritual » Causes of » Sin
Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.'
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Prodigality
After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » False foundations
But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!"
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Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Worldliness
For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
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Related Topics
- Commitment, to the world
- Exercise
- Hell, As An Experience
- Hell, As Incentive To Action
- Knowing God's Truth
- Losing One's Life
- Losing Someone
- Loss
- Money, Stewardship Of