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112 Bible Verses about Contentment
I've found that true contentment is something you can only really grasp and hold onto when God is at the center of your life. It's about finding that deep sense of satisfaction and thankfulness, no matter what life throws your way.
The Bible teaches us that contentment is a virtue we should all strive for. It's what brings us peace and joy, regardless of our circumstances. It's not always easy, but it's definitely worth pursuing.
There's this passage in Philippians 4:11-13 where Paul talks about his own experience with contentment. He says, "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 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, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength." That's powerful stuff, right?
Paul's words show us that contentment isn't about how much stuff we have or what we've accomplished. It's about our relationship with God and our trust in Him. It's about accepting where we are right now, knowing that in every season, in every situation, we can experience God's love and provision.
Just like Paul, we can learn to be content in both good times and bad. We can find that sweet spot of satisfaction knowing that through Christ, we have the strength to face anything.
I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little.
We didn't bring anything into this world, and we won't take anything with us when we leave.
So we should be satisfied just to have food and clothes.
I am not complaining about having too little. I have learned to be satisfied with whatever I have.
I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little.
Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
And religion does make your life rich, by making you content with what you have.
We didn't bring anything into this world, and we won't take anything with us when we leave.
So we should be satisfied just to have food and clothes.
Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.
I am not complaining about having too little. I have learned to be satisfied with whatever I have.
Yes, I am glad to be weak or insulted or mistreated or to have troubles and sufferings, if it is for Christ. Because when I am weak, I am strong.
I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth much more than birds?
Then he said to the crowd, “Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe.”
Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you know more than others. Make friends with ordinary people.
I am not conceited, Lord, and I don't waste my time on impossible schemes.
But I have learned to feel safe and satisfied, like a young child in its mother's arms.
I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?
because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do.
Young lions may go hungry or even starve, but if you trust the Lord, you will never miss out on anything good.
Only God can save me, and I calmly wait for him.
Don't trust in violence or depend on dishonesty or rely on great wealth.
I heard God say two things: “I am powerful,
and I am very kind.” The Lord rewards each of us according to what we do.
God alone is the mighty rock that keeps me safe and the fortress where I am secure.
God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,
gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways.
It's better to obey the Lord and have only a little, than to be very rich and terribly anxious.
A simple meal with love is better than a feast where there is hatred.
Showing respect to the Lord brings true life— if you do it, you can relax without fear of danger.
Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.
Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself.
Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord.
Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.
Take care of God's needy people and welcome strangers into your home.
Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them.
When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.
Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you know more than others. Make friends with ordinary people.
Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn the respect of others,
and do your best to live at peace with everyone.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”
Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit.
Be thankful and praise the Lord as you enter his temple.
The Lord is good! His love and faithfulness will last forever.
God blesses those people who want to obey him more than to eat or drink. They will be given what they want!
We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose,
You have shown me the path to life, and you make me glad by being near to me. Sitting at your right side, I will always be joyful.
I pray that God, who gives hope, will bless you with complete happiness and peace because of your faith. And may the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope.
God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?
Everyone who honors your name can trust you, because you are faithful to all who depend on you.
Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do.
Make me absolutely honest and don't let me be too poor or too rich. Give me just what I need.
If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.
God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others.
I pray that God will take care of all your needs with the wonderful blessings that come from Christ Jesus!
If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest.
Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest.
to ask Jesus, “Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?”
This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light.
I pray that you will be grateful to God for letting you have part in what he has promised his people in the kingdom of light.
Be patient and trust the Lord. Don't let it bother you when all goes well for those who do sinful things.
Our Lord and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honor, never denying any good thing to those who live right.
I trust you to save me, Lord God, and I won't be afraid. My power and my strength come from you, and you have saved me.”
Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless? I trust you, Lord! And I will praise you again because you help me, and you are my God.
that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and brag about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.
What is so special about you? What do you have that you were not given? And if it was given to you, how can you brag?
A dry crust of bread eaten in peace and quiet is better than a feast eaten where everyone argues.
I may walk through valleys as dark as death, but I won't be afraid. You are with me, and your shepherd's rod makes me feel safe.
As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God has chosen to be his own.
This also means that the one who went deep into the earth is the same one who went into the highest heaven, so he would fill the whole universe.
Christ chose some of us to be apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers,
so his people would learn to serve and his body would grow strong.
This will continue until we are united by our faith and by our understanding of the Son of God. Then we will be mature, just as Christ is, and we will be completely like him.
We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.
Love should always make us tell the truth. Then we will grow in every way and be more like Christ, the head
of the body. Christ holds it together and makes all of its parts work perfectly, as it grows and becomes strong because of love.
As a follower of the Lord, I order you to stop living like stupid, godless people.
Their minds are in the dark, and they are stubborn and ignorant and have missed out on the life that comes from God. They no longer have any feelings about what is right,
and they are so greedy they do all kinds of indecent things.
Always be humble and gentle. Patiently put up with each other and love each other.
But this isn't what you were taught about Jesus Christ. He is the truth, and you heard about him and learned about him.
You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits.
Let the Spirit change your way of thinking
and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy.
We are part of the same body. Stop lying and start telling each other the truth.
Don't get so angry that you sin. Don't go to bed angry
and don't give the devil a chance.
If you are a thief, quit stealing. Be honest and work hard, so you will have something to give to people in need.
Stop all your dirty talk. Say the right thing at the right time and help others by what you say.
Try your best to let God's Spirit keep your hearts united. Do this by living at peace.
But those who trust the Lord will find new strength. They will be strong like eagles soaring upward on wings; they will walk and run without getting tired.
Don't get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don't give up.
But that's not all! We gladly suffer, because we know that suffering helps us to endure.
And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope
that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.
But he replied, “My gift of undeserved grace is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly brag about how weak I am.
Then you will say to the Lord, “You are my fortress, my place of safety; you are my God, and I trust you.”
But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
Some soldiers asked him, “And what about us? What do we have to do?” John told them, “Don't force people to pay money to make you leave them alone. Be satisfied with your pay.”
Do everything without grumbling or arguing.
Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world,
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me the strength for my work because he knew he could trust me.
Try your best to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work hard, just as we taught you to do.
But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things he has done. The Scriptures say,
Everyone depends on you, and when the time is right, you provide them with food.
By your own hand you satisfy the desires of all who live.
Every mountain and hill may disappear. But I will always be kind and merciful to you; I won't break my agreement to give your nation peace.
We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God's own power, when we learned he had invited us to share in his wonderful goodness.
God made great and marvelous promises, so his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world.
Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace. So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful.
To everyone who is thirsty, he gives something to drink; to everyone who is hungry, he gives good things to eat.
Suppose you are very rich and able to enjoy everything you own. Then go ahead and enjoy working hard—this is God's gift to you.
And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.
Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them.
When you give to the poor, don't blow a loud horn. That's what show-offs do in the synagogues and on the street corners, because they are always looking for praise. I can assure you that they already have their reward.
Instead, store up your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and thieves cannot break in and steal them.
Your heart will always be where your treasure is.
You used to be slaves of sin. But I thank God that with all your heart you followed the example set forth in the teaching you received.
Now you are set free from sin and are slaves who please God.
Only God gives inward peace, and I depend on him.
God alone is the mighty rock that keeps me safe, and he is the fortress where I feel secure.
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for the spiritual blessings that Christ has brought us from heaven!
Shout praises to the Lord! The Lord blesses everyone who worships him and gladly obeys his teachings.
Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.
I thank you from my heart, and I will never stop singing your praises, my Lord and my God.
All kinds of troubles will strike the wicked, but your kindness shields those who trust you, Lord.
And so your good people should celebrate and shout.
Give your food to the hungry and care for the homeless. Then your light will shine in the dark; your darkest hour will be like the noonday sun.
By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ, we have peace with God.
Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by the life of his Son.
And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us.
Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die.
Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law.
Yet death still had power over all who lived from the time of Adam to the time of Moses. This happened, though not everyone disobeyed a direct command from God, as Adam did. In some ways Adam is like Christ who came later.
But the gift of God's undeserved grace was very different from Adam's sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God's gift of undeserved grace to many people.
There is a lot of difference between Adam's sin and God's gift. That one sin led to punishment. But God's gift made it possible for us to be acceptable to him, even though we have sinned many times.
Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has treated us with undeserved grace, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.
Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life.
Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.
Christ has also introduced us to God's gift of undeserved grace on which we now take our stand. So we are happy, as we look forward to sharing in the glory of God.
You have never seen Jesus, and you don't see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy
We never give up. Our bodies are gradually dying, but we ourselves are being made stronger each day.
Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.
Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.
Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.
The Lord gives perfect peace to those whose faith is firm.
So always trust the Lord because he is forever our mighty rock.
Everyone who trusts the Lord is like Mount Zion that cannot be shaken and will stand forever.
Always be joyful
and never stop praying.
Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do.