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However, the Scriptures provide a nuanced perspective on gain, emphasizing spiritual over material wealth and the ethical implications of how gain is pursued and used.<br><br><b>Material Gain</b><br><br>The Bible acknowledges the reality of material gain and the human desire for prosperity. <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Proverbs 13:11</a> states, "Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied." This verse highlights the value of honest labor and the fleeting nature of ill-gotten wealth. The pursuit of material gain is not condemned outright, but the means by which it is obtained and the attitude towards it are of paramount importance.<br><br><b>Spiritual Gain</b><br><br>The New Testament shifts the focus from material to spiritual gain. In <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7-8</a> , the Apostle Paul writes, "But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ." Here, Paul emphasizes that true gain is found in a relationship with Christ, surpassing all earthly achievements and possessions.<br><br><b>Warnings Against the Love of Gain</b><br><br>The Bible warns against the love of gain, particularly when it becomes an idol or leads to unethical behavior. In <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a> , Paul cautions, "Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows." This passage underscores the dangers of prioritizing wealth over faith and integrity.<br><br><b>Righteous Gain</b><br><br>The Scriptures advocate for gain that is achieved righteously and used for the glory of God. <a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Proverbs 10:22</a> states, "The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it." This suggests that gain, when it is a result of God's blessing and aligned with His will, brings true enrichment without the accompanying sorrow that often follows ill-gotten wealth.<br><br><b>Eternal Perspective</b><br><br>The Bible encourages believers to adopt an eternal perspective on gain. In <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a> , Jesus instructs, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal." This teaching directs believers to focus on eternal rewards rather than temporary, earthly gain.<br><br>In summary, while the Bible recognizes the reality and necessity of material gain, it places a greater emphasis on spiritual gain and the ethical pursuit of wealth. Believers are encouraged to seek gain that aligns with God's will, prioritizing eternal treasures over temporal ones.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.<p>9. (<I>n.</I>) To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.<p>10. (<I>v. i.</I>) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">GAIN</span><p>gan: In the Old Testament the translation of three Hebrew substantives, betsa`, "unjust gain," "any gain" (<a href="/judges/5-19.htm">Judges 5:19</a> <a href="/job/22-3.htm">Job 22:3</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19</a>; <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13, 17</a> <a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a>); mechir, "price" for which a thing is sold (<a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Daniel 11:39</a>, the only place where the Hebrew word is translated "gain" in the King James Version, though it occurs in other places translated "price"); tebhu'ah, "produce," "profits," "fruit" (<a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Proverbs 3:14</a>). It is the translation of one Hebrew verb, batsa`, "to gain dishonestly" (<a href="/job/27-8.htm">Job 27:8</a>); of one Aramaic verb, zebhan, "to buy," "procure for oneself" (<a href="/daniel/2-8.htm">Daniel 2:8</a>, here used of buying time, i.e. "seeking delay" (Gesenius)).<br><br>In the New Testament, the translation of three Greek substantives, ergasia, "gain gotten by work," "profit" (<a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16, 19</a>; <a href="/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24</a> (the King James Version)); kerdos, "gain," "advantage" (<a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Philippians 2:1</a>; <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7</a>, in the former, Paul asserting that to him to die was a personal advantage, because then he would "be with Christ"; in the latter, he counts as "loss" his personal privileges in the flesh, when compared with "the excellency of the knowledge of Christ"); porismos, "gain," "a source of gain" (<a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5, 6</a>, where the apostle asserts, not "gain" (earthly) is godliness, but godliness is "gain" (real, abiding)).<br><br>It is the translation of three Greek vbs., kerdaino, "to gain," "acquire," in <a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a>, where Jesus teaches that the soul, or life in its highest sense ("his own self," <a href="/luke/9-25.htm">Luke 9:25</a>), is worth more than the "gaining" of the whole (material) world; <a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15</a>, concerning the winning of a sinning brother by private interview; <a href="/matthew/25-17.htm">Matthew 25:17, 22</a>, the parable of the Talents; <a href="/acts/27-21.htm">Acts 27:21</a> the King James Version, injury "gained," sustained, by sailing from Crete; <a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm">1 Corinthians 9:19, 20</a> bis, 21, 22, all referring to Paul's life-principle of accommodation to others to "gain," win, them to Christ; in <a href="/james/4-13.htm">James 4:13</a> used in a commercial sense; poieo, "to make," "make gain" (<a href="/luke/19-18.htm">Luke 19:18</a> the King James Version, the parable of the Pounds); prosergazomai, "to gain by trading" (<a href="/luke/19-1.htm">Luke 19:1</a> 6, commercial use, in the same parallel).<br><br>Charles B. Williams<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2770.htm"><span class="l">2770. kerdaino -- to <b>gain</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>gain</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kerdaino Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ker-dah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I <b>gain</b>, win, avoid loss Definition: I <b>gain</b>, acquire <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2770.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2771.htm"><span class="l">2771. kerdos -- <b>gain</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>gain</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kerdos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ker'-dos) Short Definition: <b>gain</b>, advantage Definition: <b>gain</b>, advantage, profit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2771.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4200.htm"><span class="l">4200. porismos -- a providing, a means of <b>gain</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a providing, a means of <b>gain</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: porismos<br> Phonetic Spelling: (por-is-mos') Short Definition: a source of <b>gain</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4200.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1281.htm"><span class="l">1281. diapragmateuomai -- to examine thoroughly, to <b>gain</b> by <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to examine thoroughly, to <b>gain</b> by trading. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:<br> diapragmateuomai Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ap-rag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee) Short <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1281.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4333.htm"><span class="l">4333. prosergazomai -- to work besides, to <b>gain</b> besides</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to work besides, to <b>gain</b> besides. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosergazomai<br> Phonetic Spelling: (pros-er-gad'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I <b>gain</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4333.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/146.htm"><span class="l">146. aischrokerdes -- greedy of base <b>gain</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> greedy of base <b>gain</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aischrokerdes Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ahee-skhrok-er-dace') Short Definition: greedy Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/146.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/147.htm"><span class="l">147. aischrokerdos -- from eagerness for base <b>gain</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> from eagerness for base <b>gain</b>. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: aischrokerdos<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhrok-er-doce') Short Definition: greedily <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/147.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4122.htm"><span class="l">4122. pleonekteo -- to have more, to overreach</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 4122 (from 4119 , "more" and 2192, "have") -- properly, "(the desire)<br> to have ," ie acquire (a of) things; to (improper) <b>gain</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4122.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3786.htm"><span class="l">3786. ophelos -- advantage, help</span></a> <br><b>...</b> advantage, help. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ophelos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (of'-el-os) Short Definition: advantage, <b>gain</b>, profit Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3786.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2585.htm"><span class="l">2585. kapeleuo -- to make a trade of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Verb Transliteration: kapeleuo Phonetic Spelling: (kap-ale-yoo'-o) Short Definition:<br> I hawk, trade in Definition: I hawk, trade in, deal in for purposes of <b>gain</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2585.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1215.htm"><span class="l">1215. betsa -- <b>gain</b> made by violence, unjust <b>gain</b>, profit</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1214, 1215. betsa. 1216 . <b>gain</b> made by violence, unjust <b>gain</b>, profit.<br> Transliteration: betsa Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-tsah) Short Definition: <b>gain</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1215.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1214.htm"><span class="l">1214. batsa -- to cut off, break off, <b>gain</b> by violence</span></a><br><b>...</b> batsa. 1215 . to cut off, break off, <b>gain</b> by violence. Transliteration: batsa<br> Phonetic Spelling: (baw-tsah') Short Definition: greedy. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1214.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5504.htm"><span class="l">5504. sachar -- commerce, <b>gain</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5503, 5504. sachar. 5505 . commerce, <b>gain</b>. Transliteration: sachar Phonetic<br> Spelling: (sakh'-ar) Short Definition: <b>gain</b>. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5504.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2084.htm"><span class="l">2084. zeban -- to buy, <b>gain</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> to buy, <b>gain</b>. Transliteration: zeban Phonetic Spelling: (zeb-an') Short Definition:<br> bargaining. <b>...</b> root Definition to buy, <b>gain</b> NASB Word Usage bargaining (1). <b>gain</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2084.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3276.htm"><span class="l">3276. yaal -- to confer or <b>gain</b> profit or benefit</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3275, 3276. yaal. 3277 . to confer or <b>gain</b> profit or benefit. Transliteration:<br> yaal Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-al') Short Definition: profit. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3276.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3022.htm"><span class="l">3022. yaga -- a <b>gain</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 3021, 3022. yaga. 3023 . a <b>gain</b>. Transliteration: yaga Phonetic Spelling:<br> (yaw-gaw') Short Definition: attained. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3022.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3321.htm"><span class="l">3321. yetsab -- to make certain, <b>gain</b> certainty</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3320, 3321. yetsab. 3322 . to make certain, <b>gain</b> certainty. Transliteration:<br> yetsab Phonetic Spelling: (yets-abe') Short Definition: meaning. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3321.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4512.htm"><span class="l">4512. minleh -- perhaps <b>gain</b>, acquisition</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4511, 4512. minleh. 4513 . perhaps <b>gain</b>, acquisition. Transliteration:<br> minleh Phonetic Spelling: (min-leh') Short Definition: grain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4512.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6238.htm"><span class="l">6238. ashar -- to be or become rich</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to be or become rich NASB Word Usage become rich (4), becomes rich<br> (1), enrich (2), enriched (1), <b>gain</b> (1), <b>gain</b> wealth (1), made...rich (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6238.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8636.htm"><span class="l">8636. tarbith -- increment, interest, usury</span></a><br><b>...</b> increase, unjust <b>gain</b>. From rabah; multiplication, ie Percentage or bonus in addition<br> to principal -- increase, unjust <b>gain</b>. see HEBREW rabah. 8635, 8636. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8636.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/morris/favourite_welsh_hymns/iv_loss_and_gain.htm"><span class="l">Loss and <b>Gain</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> FAVOURITE WELSH HYMNS. JESUS. IV. LOSS AND <b>GAIN</b>. Yn Eden, cofiaf hyny byth<br> 8,8,6,8,8,6. In Eden"Memory e'er will tell,. How honours thick as dew that fell. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/morris/favourite welsh hymns/iv loss and gain.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_great_gain_of_godliness.htm"><span class="l">The Great <b>Gain</b> of Godliness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS THE GREAT <b>GAIN</b> OF GODLINESS. 'And Judah and Israel<br> dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the great gain of godliness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/loss_and_gain_may_25.htm"><span class="l">Loss and <b>Gain</b>. May 25.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Loss and <b>Gain</b>. May 25. "He has yet to learn what losing his life to save<br> it means, Amyas. Bad men have taught him (and I fear these <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /loss and gain may 25.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/loss_nor_gain_march_22.htm"><span class="l">Loss nor <b>Gain</b>, March 22.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Loss nor <b>Gain</b>, March 22. Nothing is more expensive than penuriousness; nothing<br> more anxious than carelessness; and every duty which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /loss nor gain march 22.htm</font><p><a href="/library/keith/the_epistles_of_clement/chapter_xx_godliness_not_gain_the.htm"><span class="l">Godliness, not <b>Gain</b>, the True Riches.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Second Epistle of Clement. Chapter XX."Godliness, Not <b>Gain</b>, the True<br> Riches. But let it not even trouble your mind, that we <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../keith/the epistles of clement/chapter xx godliness not gain the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xiv_the_answer_how.htm"><span class="l">The Answer How we Can <b>Gain</b> Stability of Heart or of Thoughts.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XIV. The answer how we can<br> <b>gain</b> stability of heart or of thoughts. Isaac: Although <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xiv the answer how.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xi_a_third_element.htm"><span class="l">A Third Element which Tends to <b>Gain</b> any One's Confidence is Shown <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter XI. A third element which tends to <b>gain</b> any one's confidence<br> is shown to have been? A third element which tends <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xi a third element.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_iii_the_rule_given.htm"><span class="l">The Rule Given About not Seeking One's Own <b>Gain</b> is Established...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter III. The rule given about not seeking one's own <b>gain</b><br> is established? The rule given about not seeking one's <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii the rule given.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macdonald/at_the_back_of_the_north_wind/chapter_36_my_readers_will.htm"><span class="l">My Readers Will not Wonder That, after This, I did My Very Best to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 36 My readers will not wonder that, after this, I did my very<br> best to <b>gain</b>? My readers will not wonder that, after this <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 36 my readers will.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cyril/select_letters_of_saint_gregory_nazianzen/ep_cxl_again_i_write.htm"><span class="l">Ep. cxl. Again I Write when I Ought to Come: but I <b>Gain</b> Confidence <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. CXL. Again I write when I ought<br> to come: but I <b>gain</b> confidence to do so? Again I write <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep cxl again i write.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/gain.htm"><span class="l"><b>Gain</b> (142 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (n.) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort<br> or labor; as, to <b>gain</b> a good living. 6. (n.) To come off <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gain.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gain's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Gain's</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Gain's</b> (1 Occurrence). Titus 1:11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow<br> whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest <b>gain's</b> sake. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gain's.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dishonest.htm"><span class="l">Dishonest (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily<br> angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest <b>gain</b>; (WEB NIV <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dishonest.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/greedy.htm"><span class="l">Greedy (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain;<br> avaricious; as, greedy of <b>gain</b>. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/greedy.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gaining.htm"><span class="l">Gaining (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & vb. n.) of <b>Gain</b>. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b> (WEY). 2 Corinthians 2:11 for fear Satan<br> should <b>gain</b> an advantage over us. For we are not ignorant of his devices. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gaining.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/win.htm"><span class="l">Win (27 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (v.) To <b>gain</b> by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over<br> competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/win.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/profit.htm"><span class="l">Profit (143 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing,<br> keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary <b>gain</b> in any transaction or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/profit.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gains.htm"><span class="l">Gains (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> YLT). Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of <b>gain</b>;<br> it taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gains.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unjust.htm"><span class="l">Unjust (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as<br> fear God: men of truth, hating unjust <b>gain</b>; and place such over them, to be <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unjust.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/get.htm"><span class="l">Get (2204 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (vt) To procure; to obtain; to <b>gain</b> possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain<br> as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/get.htm - 13k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/to-die-is-gain.html">What does it mean that “to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/gain-world-lose-soul.html">What does it mean to gain the whole world but lose your soul? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/godliness-with-contentment.html">What does it mean that godliness with contentment is great gain (1 Timothy 6:6)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/gain.htm">Gain: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Gain (142 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></span><br />For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15</a></span><br />"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-20.htm">Matthew 25:20</a></span><br />He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying,'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV </span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-22.htm">Matthew 25:22</a></span><br />"He also who got the two talents came and said,'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-24.htm">Matthew 27:24</a></span><br />So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-36.htm">Mark 8:36</a></span><br />For what does it profit a man, to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> the whole world, and forfeit his life?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-25.htm">Luke 9:25</a></span><br />For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Luke 16:9</a></span><br />I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-33.htm">Luke 17:33</a></span><br />Whosoever shall seek to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose 'his life' shall preserve it. <br /><span class="source">(ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-12.htm">Luke 18:12</a></span><br />I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.' <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-16.htm">Luke 19:16</a></span><br />Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-19.htm">Luke 21:19</a></span><br />By your patient endurance <span class="boldtext">gain</span> your souls. <br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-18.htm">John 7:18</a></span><br />He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-19.htm">John 12:19</a></span><br />the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'Ye see that ye do not <span class="boldtext">gain</span> anything, lo, the world did go after him.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-10.htm">Acts 7:10</a></span><br />and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a></span><br />It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much <span class="boldtext">gain</span> by fortune telling.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-19.htm">Acts 16:19</a></span><br />But when her masters saw that the hope of their <span class="boldtext">gain</span> was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24</a></span><br />For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small <span class="boldtext">gain</span> unto the craftsmen;<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/24-27.htm">Acts 24:27</a></span><br />But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/25-9.htm">Acts 25:9</a></span><br />But Festus, desiring to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Romans 3:4</a></span><br />No, indeed; let us hold God to be true, though every man should prove to be false. As it stands written, "That Thou mayest be shown to be just in the sentence Thou pronouncest, and <span class="boldtext">gain</span> Thy cause when Thou contendest."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-21.htm">1 Corinthians 1:21</a></span><br />For after the world by its wisdom--as God in His wisdom had ordained--had failed to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> the knowledge of God, God was pleased, by the apparent foolishness of the Message which we preach, to save those who accepted it.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-10.htm">1 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of <span class="boldtext">gain</span>, or from worshippers of idols. For that would mean that you would be compelled to go out of the world altogether.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11</a></span><br />But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of <span class="boldtext">gain</span>. With such a man you ought not even to eat.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a></span><br />nor theives, nor avaricious people, nor any who are addicted to hard drinking, to abusive language or to greed of <span class="boldtext">gain</span>, will inherit God's Kingdom.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-21.htm">1 Corinthians 7:21</a></span><br />Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm">1 Corinthians 9:19</a></span><br />For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might <span class="boldtext">gain</span> the more.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-20.htm">1 Corinthians 9:20</a></span><br />To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might <span class="boldtext">gain</span> Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-21.htm">1 Corinthians 9:21</a></span><br />To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might <span class="boldtext">gain</span> them that are without law.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-22.htm">1 Corinthians 9:22</a></span><br />To the weak I became as weak, that I might <span class="boldtext">gain</span> the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-3.htm">1 Corinthians 13:3</a></span><br />If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></span><br />For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I <span class="boldtext">gain</span> is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-2.htm">1 Corinthians 16:2</a></span><br />On the first day of every week let each of you put on one side and store up at his home whatever <span class="boldtext">gain</span> has been granted to him; so that whenever I come, there may then be no collections going on.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-11.htm">2 Corinthians 2:11</a></span><br />that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">2 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br />Make room for us in your hearts. There is not one of you whom we have wronged, not one to whom we have done harm, not one over whom we have gained any selfish advantage.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm">2 Corinthians 10:15</a></span><br />We do not exceed our due limits, and take credit for other men's labours; but we entertain the hope that, as your faith grows, we shall <span class="boldtext">gain</span> promotion among you--still keeping within our own sphere--promotion to a larger field of labour,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-17.htm">2 Corinthians 12:17</a></span><br />Did I make a <span class="boldtext">gain</span> of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? <br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-18.htm">2 Corinthians 12:18</a></span><br />I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a <span class="boldtext">gain</span> of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a></span><br />For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for <span class="boldtext">gain</span> to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/1-21.htm">Philippians 1:21</a></span><br />For to me to live is Christ, and to die is <span class="boldtext">gain</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7</a></span><br />However, what things were <span class="boldtext">gain</span> to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a></span><br />Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may <span class="boldtext">gain</span> Christ<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-14.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:14</a></span><br />to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">1 Timothy 3:8</a></span><br />Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base <span class="boldtext">gain</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm">1 Timothy 3:13</a></span><br />For those who have served well <span class="boldtext">gain</span> for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a></span><br />constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of <span class="boldtext">gain</span>. Withdraw yourself from such.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/6-6.htm">1 Timothy 6:6</a></span><br />But godliness with contentment is great <span class="boldtext">gain</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6</a></span><br />For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Titus 1:7</a></span><br />For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest <span class="boldtext">gain</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/1-11.htm">Titus 1:11</a></span><br />whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest <span class="boldtext">gain</span>'s sake.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Hebrews 10:39</a></span><br />But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and <span class="boldtext">gain</span> possession of their souls.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Hebrews 11:35</a></span><br />Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/1-12.htm">James 1:12</a></span><br />Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will <span class="boldtext">gain</span> the victor's crown--even the crown of Life--which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-2.htm">James 4:2</a></span><br />You covet things and yet cannot get them; you commit murder; you have passionate desires and yet cannot <span class="boldtext">gain</span> your end; you begin to fight and make war. You have not, because you do not pray;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-13.htm">James 4:13</a></span><br />Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get <span class="boldtext">gain</span>:<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2</a></span><br />Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest <span class="boldtext">gain</span>, but willingly;<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15</a></span><br />forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a></span><br />Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Jude 1:16</a></span><br />These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> advantage.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2</a></span><br />And I saw what seemed to be a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had gained the victory over the Wild Beast and over his statue and the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass and having harps which belonged to God.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEY DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17</a></span><br />For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as <span class="boldtext">gain</span> their living by sea, stood far away,<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8</a></span><br />He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-26.htm">Genesis 37:26</a></span><br />And Judah saith unto his brethren, 'What <span class="boldtext">gain</span> when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-4.htm">Exodus 14:4</a></span><br />I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh." They did so.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-17.htm">Exodus 14:17</a></span><br />I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-18.htm">Exodus 14:18</a></span><br />The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Exodus 18:21</a></span><br />Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust <span class="boldtext">gain</span>; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-37.htm">Leviticus 25:37</a></span><br />You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Leviticus 25:45</a></span><br />Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-19.htm">Judges 5:19</a></span><br />The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no <span class="boldtext">gain</span> of money.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">1 Samuel 8:3</a></span><br />and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest <span class="boldtext">gain</span>, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19</a></span><br />There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm">Nehemiah 8:13</a></span><br />And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to <span class="boldtext">gain</span> wisdom as to the words of the law.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/9-1.htm">Esther 9:1</a></span><br />Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/21-15.htm">Job 21:15</a></span><br />What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/22-3.htm">Job 22:3</a></span><br />Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it <span class="boldtext">gain</span> to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/27-8.htm">Job 27:8</a></span><br />For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2</a></span><br />Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/35-3.htm">Job 35:3</a></span><br />For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I <span class="boldtext">gain</span> more than if I had sinned? <br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/10-3.htm">Psalms 10:3</a></span><br />For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.<br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Psalms 30:9</a></span><br />What <span class="boldtext">gain</span> 'is' in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth? <br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/44-12.htm">Psalms 44:12</a></span><br />You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB JPS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/90-12.htm">Psalms 90:12</a></span><br />So teach us to number our days, that we may <span class="boldtext">gain</span> a heart of wisdom.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-36.htm">Psalms 119:36</a></span><br />Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish <span class="boldtext">gain</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Proverbs 1:5</a></span><br />He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will <span class="boldtext">gain</span> wise counsels:<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19</a></span><br />So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for <span class="boldtext">gain</span>. It takes away the life of its owners. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Proverbs 3:14</a></span><br />For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the <span class="boldtext">gain</span> thereof than fine gold.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/4-1.htm">Proverbs 4:1</a></span><br />Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/8-5.htm">Proverbs 8:5</a></span><br />Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/10-16.htm">Proverbs 10:16</a></span><br />The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm">Proverbs 11:16</a></span><br />A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a></span><br />He who is greedy for <span class="boldtext">gain</span> troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/16-8.htm">Proverbs 16:8</a></span><br />Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Proverbs 19:20</a></span><br />Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/19-25.htm">Proverbs 19:25</a></span><br />Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will <span class="boldtext">gain</span> knowledge.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/21-11.htm">Proverbs 21:11</a></span><br />When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Proverbs 22:16</a></span><br />He that oppresseth the poor to increase his <span class="boldtext">gain</span>, And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want. <br /><span class="source">(ASV JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">Proverbs 23:4</a></span><br />Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/28-8.htm">Proverbs 28:8</a></span><br />He that by usury and unjust <span class="boldtext">gain</span> increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/28-16.htm">Proverbs 28:16</a></span><br />A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. 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