Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Contentment
General references
Bible References
Contentment
1 Timothy 6:8 But if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with these.
we will be content with these.
Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Luke 3:14
Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”
Philippians 4:11
I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
General references
Genesis 34:23
Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”
Genesis 43:2
When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us some food.”
Deuteronomy 32:47
For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Psalm 37:16 The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
than the abundance of many wicked people.
Jeremiah 35:9
We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.