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 Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice! To listen is better than the fat of rams!

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

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says Jehovah; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

They say, Why have we fasted, and You do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and You take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and crush all your laborers.

Why does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not pleasing, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.

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

But food does not commend us to God. For neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

touch not, taste not, handle not;

Do not be carried about with different and strange doctrines, for it is good for the heart to be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who have walked in them were not helped.

Little

For it was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him who did the service perfect as regards the conscience,

Having

And it will be, if you shall listen carefully to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you today, Jehovah your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good; you shall dwell in the land, and you shall be fed on truth.

For Jehovah God is a sun and shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

no evil shall befall You, nor shall any plague come near Your dwelling.

Praise Jehovah! Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, who delights greatly in His Commandments.

He will fulfill the desire of those who 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 honor.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days be made longer, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

Say to the righteous that it is well; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the service of righteousness shall be quietness and hope forever.

He shall dwell on high; his refuge shall be the strongholds of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

So the Lord Jehovah says, Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.

Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

And everyone who left 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 everlasting life.

You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and your mother.

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

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

whether it is 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 has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue,

And this is the promise that He has promised us: everlasting life.

Him who overcomes I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will go out no more. And I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of Heaven from My God, and My new name.

General references

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

The fruit of your body shall be blessed, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep.

For it is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life. And by this Word you shall prolong your days in the land where you go over Jordan, there to possess it.

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

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