Bible Verses about Contentment

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• I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
  Philippians 4:12foodlifemoney
• For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
  1 Timothy 6:7-8foodmaterialismworld
• Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
  Hebrews 13:5trustmoneymaterialism
• Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
  1 Timothy 6:6faithjoymaterialism
• Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.
  Philippians 4:11trustdependence
• Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  2 Corinthians 12:10joystrengthpersecution
• And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
  Luke 12:15moneygreedmaterialism
• Better is a little with righteousness,
  Than vast revenues without justice.
  Proverbs 16:8righteousnessmoneyhonesty
• Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
  Romans 12:16humilitycommunitydependence
• Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
  Matthew 6:25foodlifeworrying
• Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
  John 14:8Father
• Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
  Luke 12:22b-23worryingfoodlife
• Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said:
  “Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
  And naked shall I return there.
  The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away;
  Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
  Job 1:20-21worshipsufferingsadness