Bible Verses about 'Content'

Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have… Philippians 4:11

Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. Philippians 4:11	Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. trust dependence contentment
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment. 1 Timothy 6:6	But godliness with contentment is great gain. faith joy materialism

For we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 1 Timothy 6:7-8	For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. food materialism contentment
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5	Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” trust money materialism
Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10	Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong. joy strength persecution
A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. Proverbs 18:6	A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. speaking wisdom
The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:10	He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. money greed materialism
When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Ecclesiastes 5:11	When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes? materialism money desires
I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. Philippians 4:12	I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. contentment food life
By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice. Proverbs 13:10	Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice. wisdom anger
Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 5:19	Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. money food work
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21	Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom. body sin sexuality