Bible Verses about 'Gain'
- For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.
- Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
- And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
- Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money! - And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
- Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom. - Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,
the one who gains understanding. - If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
- Pride ends in humiliation,
while humility brings honor. - Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
- Better to have little, with godliness,
than to be rich and dishonest. - Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
wealth from hard work grows over time. - Get wisdom; develop good judgment.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them. - Evil people get rich for the moment,
but the reward of the godly will last. - If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
- The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!
- Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
but right living can save your life. - Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Then you will find favor with both God and people,
and you will earn a good reputation. - They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them. - Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.
- I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.
- To acquire wisdom is to love yourself;
people who cherish understanding will prosper. - I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.
- I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.
- Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”
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