בָּצַע

Genesis 37:26

²⁶ And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Exodus 18:21

²¹ Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Judges 5:19

¹⁹ The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

1 Samuel 8:3

³ And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Job 6:9

⁹ Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 22:3

³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 27:8

⁸ For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Psalms 10:3

³ For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Psalms 30:9

⁹ What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Psalms 119:36

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Proverbs 1:19

¹⁹ So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 15:27

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 28:16

¹⁶ The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Isaiah 10:12

¹² Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Isaiah 33:15

¹⁵ 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;

¹² Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Isaiah 56:11

¹¹ Yea, they are greedy 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.

Isaiah 57:17

¹⁷ For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 6:13

¹³ For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

¹⁰ Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jeremiah 22:17

¹⁷ But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 51:13

¹³ O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

Lamentations 2:17

¹⁷ The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Ezekiel 22:12

¹² In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:13

¹³ 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 22:27

²⁷ Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 33:31

³¹ And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Joel 2:8

⁸ Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

Amos 9:1

¹ I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

Micah 4:13

¹³ Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Habakkuk 2:9

⁹ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Zechariah 4:9

⁹ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.

Malachi 3:14

¹⁴ Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Strong's Number H1214

Strong's Number:

H1214

Hebrew:

בָּצַע

Transliteration:

batsa`

Pronunciation:

baw-tsah'

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop:--(be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.

IPD Definition:

to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy
1. (Qal)
  1. to cut off
  2. to stop
  3. to gain wrongfully or by violence
2. (Piel)
  1. to cut off, sever
  2. to finish, complete, accomplish
  3. to violently make gain of

Strong's Number H1214 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H1215

Strong's Number:

H1215

Hebrew:

בֶּצַע

Transliteration:

betsa`

Pronunciation:

beh'-tsah

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from H1214; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust):--covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.

IPD Definition:

profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence

Strong's Number H1215 Bible Verses

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