Bible verses about "profit" | Goodspeed

³⁶ For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life?

²⁴ No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

³⁴ No one among them was in any want, for any who owned lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sale

²⁷ A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.

²¹ It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven. ²² Many will say to me on that Day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?' ²³ Then I will say to them plainly, 'I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!'

⁶ Remember this: The man who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and the man who sows generously will reap generously.

¹⁰ For love of money is the root of all the evils, and in their eagerness to get rich, some men wander away from the faith and pierce themselves to the heart with many a pang.

²⁶ For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

¹⁹ "Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them, ²⁰ but store up your riches in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and where thieves cannot break in and steal them. ²¹ For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.

³⁵ I showed you in every way that by hard work like that we must help those who are weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he said, 'It makes one happier to give than to be given to.' "

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world not to be arrogant, nor to set their hopes on such an uncertain thing as riches, but on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. ¹⁸ Charge them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous, ¹⁹ storing up a valuable treasure for themselves for the future, so as to grasp the life that is life indeed.