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 ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• 1 Tim 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
• Ps 37:3–4Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
• Col 2:21–23(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
• Prov 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
• Prov 19:23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
• Ps 37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
• Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
• 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
• Job 5:19–26He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• Ps 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Ps 112:1–3Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Matt 5:3–12Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ps 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
• Ps 128:1–6Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
• Prov 3:16–18Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
• Eccl 8:12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Heb 13:9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
• Job 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
• 1 Sam 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
• Titus 3:8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
• Ps 50:7–15Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
• Isa 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• Deut 28:1–14And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
• Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Isa 32:17–18And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
• Isa 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
• Jer 6:20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
• Ps 91:10–16There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
• Isa 1:11–16To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
• 2 Pet 1:3–4According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
• 1 Cor 8:8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
• Amos 5:21–24I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
• Ps 37:16–19A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
• Mark 10:19–20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
• Isa 65:13–14Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
• Ps 37:9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
• Luke 12:31–32But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matt 19:29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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