~ not profit and ~ 23_ISA_44_09  They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. #, 24_JER_12_13  They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns, they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit, and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. #,