Verses with the word profit in the Apocrypha (15 verses):
2 Esdras 7:47
For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?
2 Esdras 7:49
For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
2 Esdras 16:42
He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:
Sirach 5:8
Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
Sirach 7:22
Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
Sirach 11:23
Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?
Sirach 13:4
If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
Sirach 20:10
There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.
Sirach 20:30
Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is hoarded up, what profit is in them both?
Sirach 29:11
Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
Sirach 30:23
Love thine own soul, and comfort thy heart, remove sorrow far from thee: for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit therein.
Sirach 34:23
When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?
Sirach 34:26
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?
Sirach 41:14
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
2 Maccabees 2:25
We have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.
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