Bible verses about "contentment" | MSTC

⁵ Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁸ Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living. ⁹ Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

³ And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in hand: shall provide for peace, even the peace that men hope for in thee.

¹⁹ "See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal. ²¹ For wheresoever your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²² The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. ²³ But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness? ²⁴ No man can serve two masters: For either he shall hate the one, and love the other; or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

³ Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. ⁴ Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. ⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD, set thy hope in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

¹⁵ Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

¹⁹ My God fulfill all your needs through his glorious riches in Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Therefore have I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in need, in persecutions, in anguish, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

⁶ Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath.

¹⁷ But even as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every person, so let him walk: and so ordain I in all congregations.

³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you.

¹¹ I speak not because of necessity. For I have learned in whatsoever estate I am, therewith to be content.

⁶ Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and it is a plain case that we can carry nothing out. ⁸ When we have food and raiment, let us therewith be content. ⁹ They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction. ¹⁰ For covetousness is the root of all evil, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled themselves with many sorrows. ¹¹ But thou, which art the man of God, flee such things. Follow righteousness, godliness, love, patience, and meekness.

⁶ Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and it is a plain case that we can carry nothing out. ⁸ When we have food and raiment, let us therewith be content.

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."

¹¹ I speak not because of necessity. For I have learned in whatsoever estate I am, therewith to be content. ¹² I can both cast down myself, I can also exceed. Everywhere, and in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry: to have plenty, and to suffer need.