So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?

For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.

My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?

I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe glory unto him that giveth me wisdom.

Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.

We have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.

Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shook hands, and so they departed to their tents.