1 Timothy 4:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Bodily

Little

Hebrews 9:9

Having

General references

Luke 12:31

Bible References

Bodily

And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in hearing the voice of the LORD? Behold, to hear is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee; I am God, even thy God.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.

Why have we fasted, they say, and thou dost not see? why have we afflicted our soul, and thou dost take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure and exact your own estates.

To what purpose does this incense come to me from Sheba and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not according to my will, nor are your sacrifices sweet unto me.

I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.

But food does not make us more acceptable unto God; for neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.

touch not; taste not; handle not?

Be not taken out of the way with diverse and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with foods which have not profited those that have been occupied with them.

Little

Which was a figure of that time present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience,

Having

And it shall come to pass if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the Gentiles of the earth;

He shall deliver thee in six tribulations, and in the seventh no evil shall touch thee.

Beth Wait in the LORD and do good; live in the land and uphold the truth.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield unto us; the LORD will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good from those that walk uprightly.

no evil shall befall thee, neither shall any plague come near thy dwelling.

Aleph Halelu-JAH. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, Beth that delights greatly in his commandments.

Resh He will fulfil the desire of those that fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.

Length of days is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and honour.

Though a sinner does evil one hundred times and his judgment is prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those that fear God, who fear before his presence;

Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness rest and security for ever.

he shall dwell upon the high places: fortresses of rocks shall be his place of refuge: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Therefore thus has the Lord GOD said, Behold, my slaves shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my slaves shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my slaves shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.

Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.

And we now know that unto those who love God, all things help them unto good, to those who according to the purpose are called to be saints.

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all are yours;

as all things that pertain to life and to godliness are given us of his divine power, through the knowledge of him that has called us by his glory and virtue,

And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life.

He that overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more, and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God which is the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from and with my God, and I will write upon him my new name.

General references

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cows, and the flocks of thy sheep.

For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, which ye shall pass the Jordan to inherit.

But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.