Bible Verses about “being content”
The Bible contains 32 verses about being content across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
“‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?›”
“‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›”
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
“¶ ‹Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:›”
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
“¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?”
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.”
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.”
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
“I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”
“¶ But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.”
“And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.”
“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.”
“For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.”
“¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”
“‹And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?›”
“¶ And he said unto his disciples, ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.›”
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.”
“‹He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.›”
“¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.”
“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
“‹Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:›”
“‹But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.›”
“Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.”
“The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”