Bible Verses About Contentment
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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.
Every verse, in Bible order
33And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
34And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
36Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
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.
8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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.