What benefit can a worker ¹  gain from his toil? ² 

For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.

lest strangers devour ¹  your strength, ²  and your labor ³  benefit ⁴  another man’s house.

What benefit ¹  do people ²  get from all the effort which ³  they expend ⁴  on earth? ⁵ 

Two people are better than one, because they can reap ¹  more benefit ²  from their labor.

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. ¹  How does that benefit him? ² 

You must not present anything that has a flaw, ¹  because it will not be acceptable for your benefit. ² 

if it is to be acceptable for your benefit ¹  it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.

When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit. ¹ 

and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit ¹  – on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it. ² 

Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official ¹  heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable? ¹ 

Is it of any special benefit ¹  to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless? ² 

“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. ¹  You delivered me ²  from the pit of oblivion. ³  For you removed all my sins from your sight. ⁴ 

Even from a foreigner ¹  you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; ²  they will not be acceptable for your benefit.’”

So I decided ¹  to discern the benefit of ²  wisdom and knowledge over ³  foolish behavior and ideas; ⁴  however, I concluded ⁵  that even ⁶  this endeavor ⁷  is like ⁸  trying to chase the wind! ⁹ 

When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, “I solemnly dedicate ¹  this silver to the Lord. It will be for my son’s benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image.” ²