Bible verses about "contentment" | Rotherham

⁵ Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:

⁸ Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me: ⁹ Lest I be full, and deny, and say––Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

³ A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, [saying], Prosper! Prosper! Because, in thee, hath he been led to trust.

¹⁹ Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal; ²⁰ but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal: ²¹ for, where, thy treasure, is, there, will be, thy heart [also]. ²² The lamp of the body, is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body, shall be, lighted up; ²³ But, if thine eye be, evil, thy whole body, shall be, in the dark; ––if therefore, the light which is in thee, is, darkness, the darkness, how great! ²⁴ No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other, love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.

³ Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity; ⁴ Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart. ⁵ Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:

¹⁵ And he said unto them––Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one’s abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.

¹⁷ If not––as the Lord hath distributed––unto each one, as God hath called, each one, so, let him be walking; ––and, so, in all the assemblies, I ordain.

¹⁹ And, my God, will fill up your every need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, and straits, in behalf of Christ; for, as soon as I am weak, then, am powerful.

⁶ Now it is a great means of gain––godliness, with a sufficiency of one’s own;

³³ But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,––and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

¹¹ Not that, as to coming short, I am speaking, for, I, have learned, in whatsoever circumstances I am, to be, independent:

⁶ Now it is a great means of gain––godliness, with a sufficiency of one’s own; ⁷ For, nothing, brought we into the world, neither, to take anything out, are we able; –– ⁸ And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content; ⁹ But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction,–– ¹⁰ For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs. ¹¹ But, thou, O man of God! from these things, flee! and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

⁶ Now it is a great means of gain––godliness, with a sufficiency of one’s own; ⁷ For, nothing, brought we into the world, neither, to take anything out, are we able; –– ⁸ And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;

⁵ Without fondness for money, be your way of life,––being content with the present things,––for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

¹¹ Not that, as to coming short, I am speaking, for, I, have learned, in whatsoever circumstances I am, to be, independent: ¹² I know [what it is] even to be kept low, and I know [what it is] to have more than enough,––in every way, and in all things, have I been let into the secret––both to be well fed, and to be hungering, both to have more than enough, and to be coming short: