42 Bible Verses about Being Content

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.

If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity.

But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

The fear of the Lord leads to life,
So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”

As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.

The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
But the stomach of the wicked is in need.

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.

“Now please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face.

For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.

“You will eat, but you will not be satisfied,
And your vileness will be in your midst.
You will try to remove for safekeeping,
But you will not preserve anything,
And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that.

Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

Sorrow is better than laughter,
For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.

For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave.

Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

“You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied
And praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
Then My people will never be put to shame.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;