Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Contentment
General references
Bible References
Contentment
1 Timothy 6:8
We should be content with having food and covering.
Exodus 2:21
Moses was content to live with the man. He gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him: What must we do? And he said: Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.
Philippians 4:11
I am not saying this because I am in need; for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.
General references
Genesis 34:23
Then all their livestock and everything else they own will be ours. So let us agree that they can live among us.
Genesis 43:2
When they finished eating the grain they brought from Egypt, Israel said to his sons: Go back and buy us a little more food.
Deuteronomy 32:47
It is not an idle talk! Indeed it is your life. By this word you will prolong your days in the land you to possess on the other side of the Jordan.
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.
Jeremiah 35:9
We do not build houses for homes for we live in tents. We own no vineyards, fields, or grain. We have fully obeyed everything that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.