Matthew 16:26 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? (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)
Luke 9:25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self? (WEB NAS RSV)
Luke 18:12 I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.' (WEY)
John 8:37 You are descendants of Abraham, I know; but you want to kill me, because my teaching gains no ground within you. (WEY)
Acts 16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, (KJV DBY WBS)
Philippians 3:7 But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; (YLT)
Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (See NAS)
Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge. (See NAS NIV)
Proverbs 10:2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death. (See NAS)
Proverbs 11:16 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. (See NIV)
Proverbs 11:24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. (WEB NIV)
Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing. (WEB)
Proverbs 15:32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom. (See RSV NIV)
Proverbs 21:11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. (WEB RSV)
Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor. (WEB NIV)
Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool. (See NIV)
Jeremiah 20:5 Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. (WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)
Micah 4:13 Arise, 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! (See NIV)
Habakkuk 2:9 Woe to him that gaineth evil gains for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (JPS)