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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

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  1. Genesis 37:26

    Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

    בֶּ֗צַע Be.tza' “[is the] profit”

  2. Exodus 18:21

    Moreover you shall 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 and 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

    His sons didn't walk 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 pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

    בֶּ֝֗צַע Be.tza' “profit”

  6. Psalms 30:9

    "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

    בֶּ֥צַע Be.tza' “[is the] profit”

  7. Psalms 119:36

    Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain.

    בָּֽצַע׃ Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  8. Proverbs 1:19

    So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  9. Proverbs 15:27

    He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  10. Proverbs 28:16

    A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

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

  11. Isaiah 33:15

    He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:

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

  12. Isaiah 56:11

    Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

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

  13. Isaiah 57:17

    For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [supplied: my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

    בִּצְע֛וֹ (בִּצְע֛) bitz.' “unjust gain”

  14. Jeremiah 6:13

    For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  15. Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.

    בָּ֑צַע Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  16. Jeremiah 22:17

    But your eyes and your heart are not but for your 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

    You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the measure of your covetousness.

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

  18. Ezekiel 22:13

    Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

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

  19. Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [supplied: and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

    בָּֽצַע׃ Ba.tza' “unjust gain”

  20. Ezekiel 33:31

    They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

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

  21. Micah 4:13

    Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; For I will make your horn iron, And I will make your hoofs brass; And you will beat in pieces many peoples: And I will devote their gain to Yahweh, And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.

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

  22. Habakkuk 2:9

    Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

    בֶּ֥צַע Be.tza' “unjust gain”

  23. Malachi 3:14

    You 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 before Yahweh of Hosts?

    בֶּ֗צַע Be.tza' “[is the] profit”