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1Ti 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

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ParallelHeb 13:5

{Let your} conversation {be} without covetousness; {and be} content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Parallel1Ti 6:8

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

ParallelPro 16:8

Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

ParallelPhp 4:11

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, {therewith} to be content.

ParallelLuk 12:31

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

ParallelPro 15:16

Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

ParallelPhp 1:21

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

Parallel1Ti 4:8

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. {little: or, for a little time}

ParallelMat 6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

ParallelPsa 37:16

A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.

ParallelPsa 84:11

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

ParallelRom 5:3

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

ParallelRom 8:28

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

ParallelLuk 3:14

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse {any} falsely; and be content with your wages. {Do violence...: or, Put no man in fear} {wages: or, allowance}

ParallelExo 2:21

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

ParallelPro 8:18

Riches and honour {are} with me; {yea}, durable riches and righteousness.

Parallel2Co 4:17

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;

ParallelPro 3:13

Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}

ParallelPhp 4:11

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, {therewith} to be content.

ParallelLuk 12:15

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

ParallelPro 30:8

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}

ParallelHeb 13:5

{Let your} conversation {be} without covetousness; {and be} content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Parallel1Ti 4:8

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. {little: or, for a little time}

ParallelJer 45:5

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek {them} not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

ParallelPro 16:8

Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

ParallelPsa 37:16

A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.

ParallelPro 15:16

Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

ParallelPsa 112:3

Wealth and riches {shall be} in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

ParallelIsa 33:6

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, {and} strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD {is} his treasure. {salvation: Heb. salvations}

ParallelPro 28:25

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

ParallelEcc 6:7

All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}

Parallel1Ti 6:5

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. {Perverse...: or, Gallings one of another}

Parallel2Ki 4:13

And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what {is} to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

ParallelPro 19:23

The fear of the LORD {tendeth} to life: and {he that hath it} shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

ParallelRom 12:16

{Be} of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. {condescend...: or, be contented with mean things}

ParallelJob 1:9

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

ParallelPsa 49:10

For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

ParallelJer 35:9

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

ParallelMrk 10:30

But he shall receive an 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.

ParallelExo 20:17

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that {is} thy neighbour's.

ParallelEcc 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all {was} vanity and vexation of spirit, and {there was} no profit under the sun.

ParallelExo 2:21

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

ParallelDeu 32:47

For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Parallel2Pe 3:11

{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,

ParallelGen 43:2

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

ParallelGen 48:15

And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Parallel2Ki 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.

ParallelLuk 18:30

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

Parallel2Pe 1:6

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

ParallelGen 34:23

{Shall} not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs {be} ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.