28 Bible Verses about Being Content

Not that I have anything to complain of, for I have learned how to be contented with the condition I am in.

I know how to live humbly and I know how to enjoy plenty. I have learned the secret, in any and all conditions, of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of going without.

Not that I want your gifts, but I want you to have the profits that will accumulate to your credit.

If we have food and clothing we will be satisfied.

For we bring nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

I was very glad, as a Christian, to have your interest in me revive again after so long; for you have always been interested, but you have had no opportunity to show it.

And religion with contentment is a great means of gain.

Everyone ought to remain in the station in which he was called.

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"

I can do anything through him who gives me strength.

Only we must live up to what we have already attained.

For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better.

For there are many who live, as I have often told you, and tell you now with tears, like enemies of the cross of Christ.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.

He said to them, "Do not collect any more than you are authorized to."

I begin to be afraid that perhaps the labor I spent on you was wasted.

So if I come, I will bring up the things that he is doing, and how he is maliciously accusing me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he is interfering with those who want to do so, and has them put out of the church.

If you were a slave when you were called, never mind. Even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of your present condition instead.

And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."

For love of money is the root of all the evils, and in their eagerness to get rich, some men wander away from the faith and pierce themselves to the heart with many a pang.

Remember those who are in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated as being yourselves liable to the same trials.

and a woman who has a husband who is not a believer, but is willing to live with her, must not divorce her husband.

For a slave who has been called to union with the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just as a free man who has been called is a slave of Christ.

Whenever you come to a town and they welcome you, eat what is offered you,

I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.

Follow my example, brothers, all of you, and notice those who follow the pattern we have set you.

But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.