'Benefit' in the Bible
if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.
You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.
Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.'"
When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit.
and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit -- on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.
Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.
When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, "I solemnly dedicate this silver to the Lord. It will be for my son's benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image."
When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.
"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?
Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?
For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.
lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man's house.
What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!
What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?
Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.
The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
Jesus said, "This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.
So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.
Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.
just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.
If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.
If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!
Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.
Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
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