42 Bible Verses about Being Content

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

I know [how] both {to make do with little} and I know [how] {to have an abundance}. In everything and in all [things] I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both {to have an abundance} and to go without.

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

But [if we] have food and clothing, with these [things] we will be content.

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last {you have renewed your concern for me}, for whom also you were thinking, but you had no opportunity [to express it].

But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.

Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.

Your lifestyle [must be] free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."

I am able [to do] all [things] by the one who strengthens me.

Only to what we have attained, to the same hold on.

For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.

For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,

Think the same [thing] toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}.

Fear of Yahweh [leads] to life; he who is filled [with it] will rest--he will not suffer harm.

And he said to them, "Collect no more than {what you are ordered to}."

[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.

The righteous eats to satisfy his life, but the belly of the wicked will lack.

I was {beside} him, a master workman, and I was delighting day by day, rejoicing before him {always},

I am afraid [for] you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!

So I realized that there is {nothing better} for them than to {rejoice and enjoy themselves} during their lives.

Better [is] little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.

"{Therefore} be prepared, turn to me, and I surely will not lie to your face.

Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to {the deeds he is doing}, disparaging us with evil words. And not being content with these, he does not receive the brothers himself, and he hinders those wanting [to do so] and throws [them] out of the church.

You yourself will eat but not be satisfied; your hunger [will be] in your midst, and you will put away, but you will not save, and what you save I will hand over to the sword.

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

Were you called [while] a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, rather make use of [it].

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.

[Oh my soul] you have said to Yahweh, "You [are] my Lord. I have no good apart from you."

Remember the prisoners, as [though you were] fellow-prisoners; [remember] the mistreated, as [though] [you] yourselves also are being [mistreated] in the body.

Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ.

And into whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat {whatever is} set before you,

My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.

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

And you will eat abundantly and be satisfied, and praise the name of Yahweh your God, who has dealt with you {wondrously}. My people {will never be ashamed}.

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

Become fellow imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who walk in this way, just as you have us [as] an example.

For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,