Bible Verses About Contentment (38+ Verses)

"I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances."

"But godliness with contentment is great gain."

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have."

"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation."

"Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil."

"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones."

"Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife."

"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you."

"For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it."

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

"Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind."

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

"Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."

"But godliness with contentment is great gain. 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."

"He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”"

"But godliness with contentment is great gain. 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. But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness."

"My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

"You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you."

"Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies."

"Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?"

"Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice."

"Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need."

"Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding."

"“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon."

"One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper."

"Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing."

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness."

"This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!"

"Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God."

"Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich."

"You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more."

"The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble."

"Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”"

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled."

"I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live."

"Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved."

"If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."

"for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."