Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Contentment
General references
Bible References
Contentment
1 Timothy 6:8
With food to eat and clothes to wear; content we are in everything.
Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Luke 3:14
Even some soldiers were asking him, "And what should we do?" He told them, "Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay."
Philippians 4:11
I am not saying this because I am in any need, for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.
General references
Genesis 34:23
Shouldn't all their cattle, acquisitions, and animals belong to us? So, let's give our consent to them, and then they'll live with us."
Genesis 43:2
As a result, when Jacob's family was beginning to eat the last of the grain that they had brought back from Egypt, their father Jacob told his sons, "Go back to Egypt and buy us some food."
Deuteronomy 32:47
because they're not just empty words for you they are your very life. Through these instructions you will live long in the land that you are about to cross over the Jordan River to possess."
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people.
Jeremiah 35:9
and have built no houses to live in. We don't have vineyards, fields, or seed.