10 Bible Verses about Unprofitable Sins

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD."

I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.

And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?