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 · בֶּ֗צַעJudah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?Exodus 18:21 · בָ֑צַעMoreover you shall 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 · בֶּ֥צַע“The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.1 Samuel 8:3 · הַבָּ֑צַעHis sons didn’t walk 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 you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?Psalm 30:9 · בֶּ֥צַע“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?Psalm 119:36 · בָּֽצַע׃Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.Proverbs 1:19 · בָּ֑צַעSo are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.Proverbs 15:27 · בָּ֑צַעHe who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.Proverbs 28:16 · בֶ֝֗צַעA tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.Isaiah 33:15 · בְּבֶ֣צַעHe who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—Isaiah 56:11 · לְבִצְע֖וֹYes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can’t 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 angry, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.Jeremiah 6:13 · בָּ֑צַע“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.Jeremiah 8:10 · בָּ֑צַעTherefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.Jeremiah 22:17 · בִּצְעֶ֑ךָBut your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.Jeremiah 51:13 · בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.Micah 4:13 · בִּצְעָ֔םArise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.Habakkuk 2:9 · בֶּ֥צַעWoe to him who gets 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 · בֶּ֗צַעYou have said, ‘It is vain to serve God;’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?