1 Timothy 4:8

Bodily training has some value, but godliness holds promise for this life and the next. It prizes spiritual discipline above physical.

Cross-references · 40

• Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
• 1 Tim 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
• Ps 37:3–4Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
• Col 2:21–23“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
• Prov 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
• Prov 19:23The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
• Ps 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
• Mark 10:30will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
• 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• Job 5:19–26He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
• Ps 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
• Ps 112:1–3Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Matt 5:3–12“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ps 37:29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
• Ps 128:1–6A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
• Prov 3:16–18Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
• Eccl 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Heb 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
• Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
• 1 Sam 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
• Titus 3:8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.
• Ps 50:7–15“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
• Isa 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
• Deut 28:1–14“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
• Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Isa 32:17–18The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
• Isa 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
• Jer 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
• Ps 91:10–16no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
• Isa 1:11–16“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
• 2 Pet 1:3–4His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
• 1 Cor 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
• Amos 5:21–24“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
• Ps 37:16–19Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
• Mark 10:19–20You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
• Isa 65:13–14Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
• Ps 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
• Luke 12:31–32But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
• Matt 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

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