20 occurrences

'Advantage' in the Bible

If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

His intention will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. He will give the king of the south a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish."

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
סכן 
Cakan 
Usage: 12

ὄφελος 
Ophelos 
Usage: 3

πλεονεκτέω 
Pleonekteo 
Usage: 5

ὠφέλεια 
Opheleia 
Usage: 2

ὠφελέω 
Opheleo 
Usage: 8

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