Cross references
1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
1 Timothy 6:8 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 13:5–6 (14 votes) and Matthew 6:11 (11 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 28 to James 4.
Which verses does 1 Timothy 6:8 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hebrews 13:5–614 votes
Keep 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.” So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- Matthew 6:1111 votes
Give us this day our daily bread.
- Matthew 6:25–3310 votes
Therefore 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? Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? …
- Genesis 28:209 votes
Then 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,
- Proverbs 30:8–99 votes
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Deuteronomy 2:75 votes
Indeed, 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.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–134 votes
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
- Deuteronomy 8:3–43 votes
He 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. Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
- Proverbs 27:23–273 votes
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. …
- Ecclesiastes 2:24–263 votes
Nothing 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. For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment? …
- Genesis 48:152 votes
Which verses point to 1 Timothy 6:8?
The 10 strongest of 27.