Occurrences
Betsaʻ occurs 22 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), 1 Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (3), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 37:26 — And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit (בֶּ֗צַע) is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
- Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness (בָ֑צַע); and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- 1 Samuel 8:3 — And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre (הַבָּ֑צַע), and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- Job 22:3 — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain (בֶּ֝֗צַע) to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Psalms 30:9 — What profit (בֶּ֥צַע) 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 — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness (בָּֽצַע).
- Proverbs 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain (בָּ֑צַע); which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Proverbs 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain (בָּ֑צַע) troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Proverbs 28:16 — The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness (בֶ֝֗צַע) shall prolong his days.
- Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain (בְּבֶ֣צַע) 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;
- Isaiah 56:11 — Yea, they are 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 (לְבִצְע֖וֹ), from his quarter.
- Isaiah 57:17 — For the iniquity of his covetousness (בִּצְע֛וֹ) 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 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness (בָּ֑צַע); and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Jeremiah 8:10 — 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 (בָּ֑צַע), from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Jeremiah 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness (בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ), and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- Jeremiah 51:13 — O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness (בִּצְעֵֽךְ).
- Ezekiel 22:13 — Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain (בִּצְעֵ֖ךְ) which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
- Ezekiel 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain (בָּֽצַע).
- Ezekiel 33:31 — 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 (בִצְעָ֖ם).
- Micah 4:13 — 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 (בִּצְעָ֔ם) unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
- Habakkuk 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness (בֶּ֥צַע) to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Malachi 3:14 — Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit (בֶּ֗צַע) is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?