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 saith unto his brethren, ‘What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?Exodus 18:21 · בָ֑צַעAnd thou—thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed these over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,Judges 5:19 · בֶּ֥צַעKings came—they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!1 Samuel 8:3 · הַבָּ֑צַעand his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.Job 22:3 · בֶּ֝֗צַעIs it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?Psalm 30:9 · בֶּ֥צַעWhat gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?Psalm 119:36 · בָּֽצַע׃Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.Proverbs 1:19 · בָּ֑צַעSo are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.Proverbs 15:27 · בָּ֑צַעA dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.Proverbs 28:16 · בֶ֝֗צַעA leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.Isaiah 33:15 · בְּבֶ֣צַעWhoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,Isaiah 56:11 · לְבִצְע֖וֹAnd the dogs are strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they are shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:Isaiah 57:17 · בִּצְע֛וֹFor the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding—and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.Jeremiah 6:13 · בָּ֑צַעFor from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,Jeremiah 8:10 · בָּ֑צַעTherefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.Jeremiah 22:17 · בִּצְעֶ֑ךָBut thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.Jeremiah 51:13 · בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.Micah 4:13 · בִּצְעָ֔םArise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion, For thy horn I make iron, And thy hoofs I make brass, And thou hast beaten small many peoples, And I have devoted to Jehovah their gain, And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!Habakkuk 2:9 · בֶּ֥צַעWoe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,Malachi 3:14 · בֶּ֗צַעYe have said, ‘A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?