# בֶּצַע (betsa)

Israeli respelling: be-tsa. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1215. 23 Old Testament occurrences.

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

King James renderings: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/betsa-h1215

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 37:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/26) — And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
- [Exodus 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/21) — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,…
- [Judges 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/19) — The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- [1 Samuel 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/8/3) — And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- [Job 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/3) — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- [Psalms 30:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/30/9) — What profit 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/36) — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- [Proverbs 1:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/19) — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- [Proverbs 15:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/27) — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- [Proverbs 28:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/16) — The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
- [Isaiah 33:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/15) — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of brib…
- [Isaiah 56:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 57:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/17) — For the iniquity of his covetousness 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/13) — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest eve…
- [Jeremiah 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/17) — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to d…
- [Jeremiah 51:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/13) — O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
- [Ezekiel 22:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/22/13) — Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of the…
- [Ezekiel 22:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Ezekiel 33:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: fo…
- [Micah 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Habakkuk 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/9) — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ev…
- [Malachi 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/14) — Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the…