'Profit' in the Bible

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

‘They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense],Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].’

But ye say, If a man say to his father or his mother, It is corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.

Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;

And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

The next day we put in at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul with thoughtful kindness and allowed him to visit his friends and profit by their generous care.

For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

Let no one seek [only] his own good, but [also] that of the other person.

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.

Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.

For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.

Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:

Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

Give a shepherd's care to God's flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God's direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;