6 occurrences

'Profitable' in the Bible

"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Verse ConceptsUseful People

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.

Verse ConceptsLampsProfitsActing All NightWomen WorkingWomen's RolesA Good Woman

Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

Verse ConceptsProfitsUseless Idolsimage

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who 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 belt, which is profitable for nothing.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristHardness Of HeartImpenitence, Warnings AgainstStubbornness, Consequences OfBowing To False GodsRefusing To HearUseless PeopleDifferent Gods

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

Verse ConceptsScorching

Bible Theasaurus

Fruitful (63 instances)
Profitable (54 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
εὐχρηστος 
Euchrestos 
Usage: 3

συμφέρω 
Sumphero 
Usage: 13

ὠφέλιμος 
Ophelimos 
Usage: 4