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H1215בֶּ֫צַעbe.tsa

unjust-gainPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 4
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 3
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
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  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 1

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23 occurrences in 23 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 37:26

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

    בֶּ֗צַע Be.tza' “[is the] profit”

  2. Exodus 18:21

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

    בָ֑צַע Va.tza' “<of> unjust gain”

  3. Judges 5:19

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

    בֶּ֥צַע Be.tza' “profit of”

  4. 1 Samuel 8:3

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

    הַבָּ֑צַע (בָּ֑צַע) Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  5. Job 22:3

    Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?

    בֶּ֝֗צַע Be.tza' “profit”

  6. Psalms 30:10

    'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

    בֶּ֥צַע Be.tza' “[is the] profit”

  7. Psalms 119:36

    Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

    בָּֽצַע׃ Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  8. Proverbs 1:19

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

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  9. Proverbs 15:27

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

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  10. Proverbs 28:16

    The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

    בֶ֝֗צַע Ve.tza' “<of> unjust gain”

  11. Isaiah 33:15

    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 looking upon evil;

    בְּבֶ֣צַע (בֶ֣צַע) Ve.tza' “unjust gain of”

  12. Isaiah 56:11

    Yea, the dogs are greedy, they know not when they have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand; they all turn to their own way, each one to his gain, one and all.

    לְבִצְע֖וֹ (בִצְע֖) vitz.' “own unjust gain”

  13. Isaiah 57:17

    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.

    בִּצְע֛וֹ (בִּצְע֛) bitz.' “unjust gain”

  14. Jeremiah 6:13

    For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is greedy for gain; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  15. Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them; for from the least even unto the greatest every one is greedy for gain, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  16. Jeremiah 22:17

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

    בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ (בִּצְעֶ֑) bitz.'E. “unjust gain”

  17. Jeremiah 51:13

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

    בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃ (בִּצְעֵֽ) bitz.'E “cutting off”

  18. Ezekiel 22:13

    Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

    בִּצְעֵ֖ךְ (בִּצְעֵ֖) bitz.'E “unjust gain”

  19. Ezekiel 22:27

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

    בָּֽצַע׃ Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  20. Ezekiel 33:31

    and come unto thee as the people cometh, and sit before thee as My people, and hear thy words, but do them not--for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness;

    בִצְעָ֖ם (בִצְעָ֖) vitz.'A “unjust gain”

  21. Micah 4:13

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

    בִּצְעָ֔ם (בִּצְעָ֔) bitz.'A “unjust gain”

  22. 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!

    בֶּ֥צַע Be.tza' “unjust gain”

  23. Malachi 3:14

    Ye have said: 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked mournfully because of the LORD of hosts?

    בֶּ֗צַע Be.tza' “[is the] profit”