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

Then Samuel said, "Is there [as much] delight for Yahweh in burnt offerings and sacrifices as [there is] in {obeying} Yahweh? Look! {To obey} [is] better than sacrifice; to give heed than the fat of rams.

"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

What [is the] abundance of your sacrifices to me? says Yahweh. I have had enough [of] burnt offerings of rams and [the] fat [of] fattened animals and I do not delight in [the] blood of bulls and ram-lambs and goats.

'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!

What [is] this to me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, and the precious spice reed from a distant land. Your burnt offerings [are] not {acceptable}, your sacrifices are not pleasing to me."

"I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your assemblies.

But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.

"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,"

Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for [it is] good [for] the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited.

Little

which [was] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,

Having

"And it will happen [that] if you indeed listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, {to diligently observe} all his commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, then Yahweh your God will set you above all the nations of the earth.

{From} six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.

Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.

Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.

No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent.

Praise Yah! Blessed [is the] man [who] fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands.

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry for help, and saves them.

Length of days [is] in her right hand; in her left hand [are] riches and honor.

Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will be good for those who fear God--because they fear {his presence}.

Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.

That one will live [on the] heights; [the] fortresses of rocks [will be] his refuge. His food [will] be given; his waters [will] endure.

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! My servants shall eat but you, you shall be hungry. Look! My servants shall drink but you, you shall be thirsty. Look! My servants shall rejoice but you, you shall be ashamed.

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these [things] will be added to you.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields on account of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

But seek his kingdom and these [things] will be added to you.

And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, for those who are 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 [things] [are] yours,

because his divine power has bestowed on us all [things] [that are] necessary for life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence of character,

And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.

The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go outside again, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.

General references

Now Abram [was] very wealthy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

"Blessed will be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock, {the calf of your cattle and the lambs of your flock}.

for it [is] not a trifling matter among you, but it [is] your life, and through this word {you will live long in the land} that you [are about] to cross the Jordan [to get] there to take possession of it."

But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

But seek his kingdom and these [things] will be added to you.