Bible verses about "profit" | NSB

Matthew 6:24

24 »You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (wealth) (material possessions).

Mark 8:36

36 »What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Acts 4:34

34 There was no needy person among them for as many as possessed land or houses sold them, and brought the money from the things that were sold.

James 1:27

27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.

Matthew 7:21-23

21 »Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. He who does the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 »Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 »I will say to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you workers of evil.’

2 Corinthians 9:6

6 He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will reap bountifully.

1 Timothy 6:10

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Proverbs 14:23

23 In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.

Matthew 16:26

26 »What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 6:19-21

19 »Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. 20 »Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Your heart will be where you keep your wealth.

Acts 20:35

35 »In all things I gave you an example. You by laboring should help the weak. Remember the words of the Lord Jesus: It is more blessed to give than to receive.«

1 Timothy 6:17-19

17 Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 18 They should do good works and be rich in good works, that they are ready to distribute, willing to communicate. 19 They store up for them a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life that is life indeed.

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