14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
• Gen 25:32 — And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
• Isa 43:22 — But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
• Isa 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours
• Isa 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours
• Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
• Jas 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
• Job 2:9 — Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
• Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
• Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
• Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
• Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
• Job 35:3 — For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
• Job 35:3 — For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
• Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
• Mal 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Mark 7:7 — Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
• Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matt 25:24 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
• Ps 58:11 — So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Ps 73:8 — They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
• Ps 73:13 — Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
• Zech 7:3 — And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
• Zeph 1:12 — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will h
• Zeph 1:12 — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will h