Bible Verses About Contentment: General references
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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.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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.
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.