"GAIN THE WORLD" in the KJV Bible

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2 Esdras 6:59chapter context similar meaning "If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?" 2 Esdras 6:59 KJVcopy save

If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?

2 Esdras 9:13chapter context similar meaning "And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when: but enquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created." 2 Esdras 9:13 KJVcopy save

And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when: but enquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created.

2 Esdras 8:1chapter context similar meaning "And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few." 2 Esdras 8:1 KJVcopy save

And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few.

Wisdom of Solomon 14:2chapter context similar meaning "For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill." Wisdom of Solomon 14:2 KJVcopy save

For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.

Wisdom of Solomon 15:12chapter context similar meaning "But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means." Wisdom of Solomon 15:12 KJVcopy save

But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.

2 Maccabees 11:3chapter context similar meaning "And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other chapels of the heathen, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:" 2 Maccabees 11:3 KJVcopy save

And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other chapels of the heathen, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:

Ecclesiasticus 20:9chapter context similar meaning "There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things; and there is a gain that turneth to loss." Ecclesiasticus 20:9 KJVcopy save

There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things; and there is a gain that turneth to loss.

Ecclesiasticus 29:19chapter context similar meaning "A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits." Ecclesiasticus 29:19 KJVcopy save

A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits.

2 Esdras 15:14chapter context similar meaning "Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!" 2 Esdras 15:14 KJVcopy save

Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!

Prayer of Azariah 1:22chapter context similar meaning "And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the whole world." Prayer of Azariah 1:22 KJVcopy save

And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.

2 Esdras 9:3chapter context similar meaning "Therefore when there shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of the people in the world:" 2 Esdras 9:3 KJVcopy save

Therefore when there shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of the people in the world:

Letter of Jeremiah 1:62chapter context similar meaning "And when God commandeth the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are bidden." Letter of Jeremiah 1:62 KJVcopy save

And when God commandeth the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are bidden.

Prayer of Azariah 1:14chapter context similar meaning "For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins." Prayer of Azariah 1:14 KJVcopy save

For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.

Ecclesiasticus 24:9chapter context similar meaning "He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail." Ecclesiasticus 24:9 KJVcopy save

He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.

2 Maccabees 9:17chapter context similar meaning "Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God." 2 Maccabees 9:17 KJVcopy save

Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God.

2 Esdras 7:31chapter context similar meaning "And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt" 2 Esdras 7:31 KJVcopy save

And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt

2 Esdras 9:5chapter context similar meaning "For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:" 2 Esdras 9:5 KJVcopy save

For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:

2 Esdras 14:17chapter context similar meaning "For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein." 2 Esdras 14:17 KJVcopy save

For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.

2 Esdras 7:67chapter context similar meaning "For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein." 2 Esdras 7:67 KJVcopy save

For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.

2 Esdras 6:9chapter context similar meaning "For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth." 2 Esdras 6:9 KJVcopy save

For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.

2 Esdras 9:20chapter context similar meaning "So I considered the world, and, behold, there was peril because of the devices that were come into it." 2 Esdras 9:20 KJVcopy save

So I considered the world, and, behold, there was peril because of the devices that were come into it.

Wisdom of Solomon 14:14chapter context similar meaning "For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end." Wisdom of Solomon 14:14 KJVcopy save

For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.

Wisdom of Solomon 13:9chapter context similar meaning "For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?" Wisdom of Solomon 13:9 KJVcopy save

For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?

Ecclesiasticus 38:34chapter context similar meaning "But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their craft." Ecclesiasticus 38:34 KJVcopy save

But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their craft.

Ecclesiasticus 16:15chapter context similar meaning "The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world." Ecclesiasticus 16:15 KJVcopy save

The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world.

2 Esdras 14:10chapter context similar meaning "For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old." 2 Esdras 14:10 KJVcopy save

For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old.

2 Esdras 9:18chapter context similar meaning "And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me." 2 Esdras 9:18 KJVcopy save

And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me.

Wisdom of Solomon 17:20chapter context similar meaning "For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:" Wisdom of Solomon 17:20 KJVcopy save

For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:

2 Esdras 7:30chapter context similar meaning "And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain." 2 Esdras 7:30 KJVcopy save

And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.

2 Esdras 2:39chapter context similar meaning "Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord." 2 Esdras 2:39 KJVcopy save

Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord.