Bible Verses about Contentment

«»

• I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.
  Philippians 4:12 food life money
• After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
  1 Timothy 6:7-8 food materialism world
• Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,
  “I will never fail you.
  I will never abandon you.”
  Hebrews 13:5 trust money materialism
• Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
  1 Timothy 6:6 faith joy materialism
• Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.
  Philippians 4:11 trust dependence
• That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  2 Corinthians 12:10 joy strength persecution
• Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
  Luke 12:15 money greed materialism
• That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
  Matthew 6:25 food life worrying
• Better to have little, with godliness,
  than to be rich and dishonest.
  Proverbs 16:8 righteousness money honesty
• Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!
  Romans 12:16 humility community dependence
• That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing.
  Luke 12:22b-23 worrying food life
• Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.
  He said,
  “I came naked from my mother’s womb,
  and I will be naked when I leave.
  The Lord gave me what I had,
  and the Lord has taken it away.
  Praise the name of the Lord!”
  Job 1:20-21 worship suffering sadness
• Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”
  John 14:8 Father