1 Timothy 4:8

A Conservative Version

For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life, and of that which is coming.

Cross References

Matthew 6:33

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

1 Timothy 6:6

But piety with contentment is great gain,

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility [and] the fear of LORD [is] riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of LORD is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.

1 John 2:25

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

Mark 10:30

but he will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands--with persecutions--and in the coming age, eternal life.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.

Isaiah 3:10

Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him.

Psalm 145:19

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them.

Psalm 84:11

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

Revelation 3:21

He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

Titus 3:8

Faithful is the saying. And I want thee to strongly insist about these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to manage good works. These things are good and beneficial to men.

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Has LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Revelation 3:12

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will, no, not go out any more. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem (it comes down out of the

1 Corinthians 8:8

But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind.

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose does there come to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

Psalm 37:9

For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land.

Romans 8:28

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

1 Corinthians 3:22

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours,

Matthew 19:29

And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

Job 36:11

If they hearken and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age, nor in the one that is coming.

1 Timothy 4:7

But reject the profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself to piety.

1 Timothy 6:3

If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety,

1 Timothy 6:5

constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,

Luke 5:38

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