Topic
Gain
31 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 5:19ISBE
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- Job 22:3ISBE
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Job 27:8ISBE
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Proverbs 1:19ISBE
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Proverbs 3:14ISBE
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
- Proverbs 15:27ISBE
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Isaiah 33:15ISBE
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
- Isaiah 56:11ISBE
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
- Ezekiel 22:13ISBE
¶ Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
- Ezekiel 22:17ISBE
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Daniel 2:8ISBE
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
- Daniel 11:39ISBE
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
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- Micah 4:13 ISBE
- Matthew 16:26 ISBE
- Matthew 18:15 ISBE
- Matthew 25:17 ISBE
- Matthew 25:22 ISBE
- Luke 9:25 ISBE
- Luke 19:1 ISBE
- Luke 19:18 ISBE
- Acts 16:16 ISBE
- Acts 16:19 ISBE
- Acts 19:24 ISBE
- Acts 27:21 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 9:19 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 9:20 ISBE
- Philippians 2:1 ISBE
- Philippians 3:7 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 6:5 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 6:6 ISBE
- James 4:13 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 31 references
gan: In the Old Testament the translation of three Hebrew substantives, betsa`, "unjust gain," "any gain" (Jud 5:19; Job 22:3; Pr 1:19; 15:27; Isa 33:15; 56:11; Eze 22:13,17; Mic 4:13); mechir, "price" for which a thing is sold (Da 11:39, 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" (Pr 3:14). It is the translation of one Hebrew verb, batsa`, "to gain dishonestly" (Job 27:8); of one Aramaic verb, zebhan, "to buy," "procure for oneself" (Da 2:8, here used of buying time, i.e. "seeking delay" (Gesenius)).
In the New Testament, the translation of three Greek substantives, ergasia, "gain gotten by work," "profit" (Ac 16:16,19; 19:24 (the King James Version)); kerdos, "gain," "advantage" (Php 2:1; 3:7, 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" (1Ti 6:5,6, where the apostle asserts, not "gain" (earthly) is godliness, but godliness is "gain" (real, abiding)).
It is the translation of three Greek vbs., kerdaino, "to gain," "acquire," in Mt 16:26, where Jesus teaches that the soul, or life in its highest sense ("his own self," Lu 9:25), is worth more than the "gaining" of the whole (material) world; Mt 18:15, concerning the winning of a sinning brother by private interview; Mt 25:17,22, the parable of the Talents; Ac 27:21 the King James Version, injury "gained," sustained, by sailing from Crete; 1Co 9:19,20 bis, 21,22, all referring to Paul's life-principle of accommodation to others to "gain," win, them to Christ; in Jas 4:13 used in a commercial sense; poieo, "to make," "make gain" (Lu 19:18 the King James Version, the parable of the Pounds); prosergazomai, "to gain by trading" (Lu 19:16, commercial use, in the same parallel).
Charles B. Williams
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.