7 occurrences

'Profit' in the Bible

The priests did not say, 'Where [is] Yahweh?' and those who handle the law did not know me, and the shepherds have {rebelled against me}, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and they went after [things which] do not profit.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryPriests, Function In Ot TimesInadequate ShepherdingStudying The LawWhere Is God?Prophets Of Other Gods

Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

"For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them, {everyone} makes profit for unlawful gain. And from the prophet to the priest, {everyone} practices deceit.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofGreed, Condemnation OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesProfitsCovetousness, Example OfWicked ProphetsGreat And SmallCovetousnessGreedpractice

Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofGreed, Condemnation OfProfitsMen DeceivingWicked ProphetsGreat And SmallTransferring WivesGreedWifespousepracticecheatersothers

They have sown wheat and they have reaped thorns. They are exhausted, they do not profit. And they will be ashamed of your produce, because of {the burning anger} of Yahweh."

Verse ConceptsHarvestProfitsSin, Effects OfSowing And ReapingThornsWheatUnprofitable SinsNot Reaping What You SowToiling In Vain

Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in [the] day of distress, to you [the] nations will come from the ends of [the] earth, and they will say, "Our ancestors have inherited only lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them.

Verse ConceptsFutilityAfflicted SaintsConversion, examples ofFalse GodsGod, The RockIdolatry, Objections ToUseless ThingsMission, Of IsraelRefugeesGod Being Our RefugeVanityGod Our StrengthThe Gospel To The NationsFamily Strength

Look, I [am] against those who prophesy dreams of lies," {declares} Yahweh, "and tell them, and they caused my people to err through their lies, and in their recklessness, when I myself have not sent them nor commanded them, so they profit not this people at all," {declares} Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsLiesMisleading DreamsBeing MisleadGod Not SendingDreams And False Prophets

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