1 Timothy 6:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ [And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain:

Common English Bible

⁶ Actually, godliness is a great source of profit when it is combined with being happy with what you already have.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But piety with sufficiency is great gain.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:6 Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Exodus 2:21

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness Than great revenues with injustice.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife: But he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Jeremiah 35:9

nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Luke 12:15

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke 3:14

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither exact anything wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

Romans 8:28

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

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

1 Timothy 4:8

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

1 Timothy 6:8

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Hebrews 13:5

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.