15 occurrences

'Profitable' in the Bible

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night.

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.

how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,

Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:

who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

יתרון 
Yithrown 
Usage: 10

סכן 
Cakan 
Usage: 12

εὐχρηστος 
Euchrestos 
Usage: 3

συμφέρω 
Sumphero 
Usage: 13

ὠφέλιμος 
Ophelimos 
Usage: 4

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