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 unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, 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 justice.Job 22:3 · בֶּ֝֗צַעIs 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; It 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 bribes shall live.Proverbs 28:16 · בֶ֝֗צַעThe prince that lacketh 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 taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:Isaiah 56:11 · לְבִצְע֖וֹYea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.Isaiah 57:17 · בִּצְע֛וֹFor the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding 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 possess 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 thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding 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, the measure of thy covetousness.Micah 4:13 · בִּצְעָ֔םArise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.Habakkuk 2:9 · בֶּ֥צַעWoe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!Malachi 3:14 · בֶּ֗צַעYe have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?