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, 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.

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? 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.

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

To 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.

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

But meat commendeth us not to 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 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.

Little

Which was a figure for the time then 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 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:

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

For 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.

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

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

He will fulfil the desire of them 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 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:

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

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Therefore 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:

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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

And 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.

Thou 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.

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

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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

According 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:

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

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from 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 cattle, the increase of thy kine, 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, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

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