Bible Verses About Profit
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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Scripture Passages
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Let no man seek his own, but every man anotherβs wealth.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
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