Job 34:9

⁹ For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

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Job 22:1–3

¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: ² “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? ³ Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

² “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’ ³ For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’ ⁴ I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

Luke 9:24–26

²⁴ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. ²⁵ What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self? ²⁶ If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed o…

Mark 8:35–37

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2 Esdras 7:46–48

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Ecclesiastes 2:24–26

²⁴ Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. ²⁵ For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment? ²⁶ To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy,…

Job 21:14–16

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Ecclesiastes 1:2–4

² “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” ³ What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? ⁴ Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

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