Bible Verses about 'Gain'
- But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
- What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
- Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain. - Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. - Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding. - What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
- Pride brings a person low,
but the lowly in spirit gain honor. - If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
- Better a little with righteousness
than much gain with injustice. - Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless. - Dishonest money dwindles away,
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. - Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them. - A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. - If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
- As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them? - Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,
but righteousness delivers from death. - I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
- Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man. - It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them. - Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.
- The one who gets wisdom loves life;
the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. - My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
- Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”
Bible verse of the day
Who is he, this King of glory?The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.