1 Timothy 4:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Cross References

Matthew 6:33

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

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain:

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life; And he that hath it shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

1 John 2:25

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

Mark 10:30

but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

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 divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

Isaiah 3:10

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

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:

Psalm 145:19

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

Psalm 84:11

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

Revelation 3:21

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down 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 concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

1 Samuel 15:22

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

Revelation 3:12

He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence 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 cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.

1 Corinthians 8:8

But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Jeremiah 6:20

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

Isaiah 33:16

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

Psalm 37:9

For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

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.

1 Corinthians 3:22

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

Matthew 19:29

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall 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 whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

1 Timothy 4:7

but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

1 Timothy 6:3

If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

1 Timothy 6:5

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

2 Timothy 3:5

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.