16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Redemption
• Wealth and Poverty

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

• 2Tim 2:14 — Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
• Acts 27:18 — And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
• Acts 27:38 — And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
• Amos 4:3 — And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
• Eccl 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
• Eccl 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
• Eccl 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
• Ezek 7:19 — They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
• Gen 37:27 — Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
• Job 1:9 — Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
• Job 2:4 — And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
• Job 2:4 — And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
• Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
• Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
• Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
• Luke 9:25 — For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
• Luke 9:25 — For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
• Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Luke 16:25 — But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
• Luke 17:31 — In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
• Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• Matt 4:8 — Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• Matt 4:8 — Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• Matt 5:29 — And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
• Matt 5:29 — And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
• Matt 13:45 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
• Matt 19:22 — But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
• Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
• Prov 3:14 — For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
• Prov 8:11 — For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
• Prov 11:4 — Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Prov 13:8 — The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
• Prov 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
• Prov 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Prov 19:16 — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
• Prov 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
• Ps 49:7 — None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• Ps 49:7 — None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• Ps 49:8 — (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)