1 Timothy 6:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.”
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BSBPD
“But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“but having food and raiment--with these we shall suffice ourselves;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Timothy 6:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
- Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Deuteronomy 2:7Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
- Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
- Proverbs 27:23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
- Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
- Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
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