profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence
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H1215 — בֶּ֫צַע
be.tsa · unjust-gain · Hebrew/Aramaic
20 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 37:26 · בֶּ֗צַעAnd Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?Exodus 18:21 · בָ֑צַעMoreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:Judges 5:19 · בֶּ֥צַעThe kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.1 Samuel 8:3 · הַבָּ֑צַעAnd his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.Job 22:3 · בֶּ֝֗צַע[Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?Psalm 30:9 · בֶּ֥צַעWhat profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?Psalm 119:36 · בָּֽצַע׃Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.Proverbs 1:19 · בָּ֑צַעSo [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.Proverbs 15:27 · בָּ֑צַעHe that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.Proverbs 28:16 · בֶ֝֗צַעThe prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.Isaiah 33:15 · בְּבֶ֣צַעHe that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;Isaiah 56:11 · לְבִצְע֖וֹYea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.Isaiah 57:17 · בִּצְע֛וֹFor the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.Jeremiah 6:13 · בָּ֑צַעFor from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.Jeremiah 8:10 · בָּ֑צַעTherefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.Jeremiah 22:17 · בִּצְעֶ֑ךָBut thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].Jeremiah 51:13 · בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.Micah 4:13 · בִּצְעָ֔םArise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.Habakkuk 2:9 · בֶּ֥צַעWoe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!Malachi 3:14 · בֶּ֗צַעYe have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?