Bible verses about "contentment" | WNT

¹⁹ "Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be. ²² "The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted; ²³ but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be! ²⁴ "No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold.

¹⁵ And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions."

¹⁷ Only, whatever be the condition in life which the Lord has assigned to each individual--and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him--in that let him continue.

¹⁹ But my God--so great is His wealth of glory in Christ Jesus--will fully supply every need of yours.

¹⁰ In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

⁶ And godliness *is* gain, when associated with contentment;

³³ But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition.

¹¹ I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part) I have learned, whatever be my outward experiences, to be content.

⁶ And godliness *is* gain, when associated with contentment; ⁷ for we brought nothing into the world, nor can we carry anything out of it; ⁸ and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied. ⁹ But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin. ¹⁰ For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows. ¹¹ But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.

⁶ And godliness *is* gain, when associated with contentment; ⁷ for we brought nothing into the world, nor can we carry anything out of it; ⁸ and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied.

⁵ Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER, NEVER LET GO YOUR HAND: I WILL NEVER NEVER FORSAKE YOU."

¹¹ I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part) I have learned, whatever be my outward experiences, to be content. ¹² I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.