Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Contentment
General references
Bible References
Contentment
1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Exodus 2:21
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."
Philippians 4:11
Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
General references
Genesis 34:23
Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."
Genesis 43:2
It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it."
Psalm 37:16
Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
Jeremiah 35:9
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: