What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
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 before Jehovah of hosts?