Job 22:2

WEB

²“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

KJV

²Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

BSB

²“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

FBV

²“How can anyone be of help to God? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.

Extra References

Luke 17:10

¹⁰Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”

⁷Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. ⁸For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Job 35:6-8

⁶If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? ⁷If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? ⁸Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

Proverbs 3:13-18

¹³Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. ¹⁴For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. ¹⁵She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. ¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. ¹⁷Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. ¹⁸She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Psalms 16:2

²My soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

Job 21:15

¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

Proverbs 9:12

¹²If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

¹¹Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun. ¹²For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Proverbs 4:7-9

⁷Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. ⁸Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her. ⁹She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”

Matthew 5:29

²⁹If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.