Bible Verses about 'Gain'
| For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. | For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. |
| Godliness produces great gain, but only to those who are content. | But godliness with contentment is great gain. |
| What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his very life? | What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? |
| Dispose my heart to follow your statutes and to flee selfish gain. | Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. |
| Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. | Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. |
| Acquire wisdom and gain understanding; never forget or turn aside from my words. | Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. |
| One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money, nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain. This too is vanity. | Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. |
| What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his very life? Or what can he give in exchange for his life? | 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? |
| Blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has gained understanding. | Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. |
| If I give away everything to feed the poor and hand over my body to be burned, but do not have love, I achieve nothing. | 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. |
| Do not let kindness and fidelity leave you; fasten them around your neck and inscribe them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will gain favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. | 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. |
| Does it now appear to you that I am trying to gain the approval of human beings rather than the approval of God? Am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. | 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. |
| A man’s pride will bring him low, but lowly souls will rise to honor. | Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. |
| It is better to have little and be righteous than to acquire great riches with injustice. | Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. |
| The labors of the wicked man produce little profit, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. | A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
| Whoever gains wisdom loves his own soul; one who cherishes understanding will prosper. | The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. |
| When riches increase, so do those who are eager to accumulate them, and those who have accumulated them must remain content simply to feast their eyes on them. | As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? |
| It was not their own swords that won them the land, nor did their own arms make them victorious; rather, it was your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, because you loved them. | 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. |
| Then Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan so gained control of your heart that you lied to the Holy Spirit and retained part of the sale price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not belong to you? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds yours? What caused you to contrive this scheme? You have lied not to men but to God.” | 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.” |
| I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of the heavens and I will give them all these lands. All the nations on the earth will be blessed through your descendants, for Abraham listened to my voice and observed that which I ordered: my commandments, my ordinances and my laws. | 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. |
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