Bible Verses about 'Profit'

Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty! Proverbs 14:23

Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty! Proverbs 14:23	In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. reliability speaking encouragement
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Mark 8:36	For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? greed materialism life

Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life. Proverbs 10:2	Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. honesty money righteousness
Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death. Proverbs 11:4	Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. money righteousness materialism
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? Matthew 16:26	For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? materialism life soul
I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes. Acts 20:20	How I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house. learning evangelism
Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8	For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come. health obedience life
Evil people get rich for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last. Proverbs 11:18	Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. sin righteousness reward
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! Ecclesiastes 5:11	When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes? materialism money desires
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17	Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Word of God life equipment
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. 1 Corinthians 13:3	If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing. love suffering giving
So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. Matthew 5:29	If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. sin desires hell
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial. 1 Corinthians 10:23	“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up. law goodness righteousness

Bible verse of the day

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

James 4:8 sin purification righteousness