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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 in want, and I know what it is to have more than enough — in everything and in every way I have learned the secret of being full and being hungry, of having abundance and being in need.
For we have brought nothing into the world; and we can take nothing out of it;
so if we have food and clothing, we will be satisfied with these.
Not that I am saying this to call attention to any need of mine; since, as far as I am concerned, I have learned to be content regardless of circumstances.
I know what it is to be in want, and I know what it is to have more than enough — in everything and in every way I have learned the secret of being full and being hungry, of having abundance and being in need.
I can do all things through him who gives me power.
Now true religion does bring great riches, but only to those who are content with what they have.
For we have brought nothing into the world; and we can take nothing out of it;
so if we have food and clothing, we will be satisfied with these.
Keep your lives free from the love of money; and be satisfied with what you have; for God himself has said, “I will never fail you or abandon you.”
Now true religion does bring great riches, but only to those who are content with what they have.
Not that I am saying this to call attention to any need of mine; since, as far as I am concerned, I have learned to be content regardless of circumstances.
Yes, I am well pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and difficulties endured on behalf of the Messiah; for it is when I am weak that I am strong.
“Therefore, I tell you, don’t worry about your life — what you will eat or drink; or about your body — what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds flying about! They neither plant nor harvest, nor do they gather food into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they are?
Then to the people he said, “Be careful to guard against all forms of greed, because even if someone is rich, his life does not consist in what he owns.”
Be sensitive to each other’s needs — don’t think yourselves better than others, but make humble people your friends. Don’t be conceited.
A song of ascents. By David: Adonai, my heart isn’t proud; I don’t set my sight too high, I don’t take part in great affairs or in wonders far beyond me.
No, I keep myself calm and quiet, like a little child on its mother’s lap — I keep myself like a little child.
“Therefore, I tell you, don’t worry about your life — what you will eat or drink; or about your body — what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Still, the fact that everyone can eat and drink and enjoy the good that results from all his work, is a gift of God.
For the leader. Set in the style of Y’dutun. A psalm of David:
Ordinary folks are merely a breath and important people a sham; if you lay them on a balance-scale, they go up — both together are lighter than nothing.
Don’t put your trust in extortion, don’t put false hopes in robbery; even if wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.
God has spoken once, I have heard it twice: strength belongs to God.
Also to you, Adonai, belongs grace; for you reward all as their deeds deserve.
My soul waits in silence for God alone; my salvation comes from him.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.
Better little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth coupled with worry.
Better a vegetable dinner with love than a stall-fattened ox with hate.
The fear of Adonai leads to life; one who has it is satisfied and rests untouched by evil.
I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you.
Love each other devotedly and with brotherly love; and set examples for each other in showing respect.
Don’t be lazy when hard work is needed, but serve the Lord with spiritual fervor.
Rejoice in your hope, be patient in your troubles, and continue steadfastly in prayer.
Share what you have with God’s people, and practice hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you — bless them, don’t curse them!
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Be sensitive to each other’s needs — don’t think yourselves better than others, but make humble people your friends. Don’t be conceited.
Repay no one evil for evil, but try to do what everyone regards as good.
If possible, and to the extent that it depends on you, live in peace with all people.
Never seek revenge, my friends; instead, leave that to God’s anger; for in the Tanakh it is written, “Adonai says, ‘Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay.’”
In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, shalom and joy in the Ruach HaKodesh.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, enter his courtyards with praise; give thanks to him, and bless his name.
For Adonai is good, his grace continues forever, and his faithfulness lasts through all generations.
Furthermore, we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called in accordance with his purpose;
I know that there is nothing better for them to do than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.
You make me know the path of life; in your presence is unbounded joy, in your right hand eternal delight.
“A person whose desire rests on you you preserve in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
May God, the source of hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting, so that by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh you may overflow with hope.
He who did not spare even his own Son, but gave him up on behalf of us all — is it possible that, having given us his Son, he would not give us everything else too?
In everything give thanks, for this is what God wants from you who are united with the Messiah Yeshua.
keep falsehood and futility far from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Yes, provide just the food I need today;
for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, “Who is Adonai?” And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.
Moreover, God has the power to provide you with every gracious gift in abundance, so that always in every way you will have all you need yourselves and be able to provide abundantly for every good cause —
always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
Moreover, my God will fill every need of yours according to his glorious wealth, in union with the Messiah Yeshua.
Well, whatever you do, whether it’s eating or drinking or anything else, do it all so as to bring glory to God.
“Come to me, all of you who are struggling and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
asking, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
giving thanks to the Father for having made you fit to share in the inheritance of his people in the light.
Be still before Adonai; wait patiently till he comes. Don’t be upset by those whose way succeeds because of their wicked plans.
Better a day in your courtyards than a thousand [days elsewhere]. Better just standing at the door of my God’s house than living in the tents of the wicked.
“See! God is my salvation. I am confident and unafraid; for Yah Adonai is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation!”
My adversaries’ taunts make me feel as if my bones were crushed, as they ask me all day long, ‘Where is your God?’ ”
They are headed for destruction! Their god is the belly; they are proud of what they ought to be ashamed of, since they are concerned about the things of the world.
After all, what makes you so special? What do you have that you didn’t receive as a gift? And if in fact it was a gift, why do you boast as if it weren’t?
Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.
Even if I pass through death-dark ravines, I will fear no disaster; for you are with me; your rod and staff reassure me.
Therefore I, the prisoner united with the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called.
The one who went down is himself the one who also went up, far above all of heaven, in order to fill all things.
Furthermore, he gave some people as emissaries, some as prophets, some as proclaimers of the Good News, and some as shepherds and teachers.
Their task is to equip God’s people for the work of service that builds the body of the Messiah,
until we all arrive at the unity implied by trusting and knowing the Son of God, at full manhood, at the standard of maturity set by the Messiah’s perfection.
We will then no longer be infants tossed about by the waves and blown along by every wind of teaching, at the mercy of people clever in devising ways to deceive.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in every respect grow up into him who is the head, the Messiah.
Under his control, the whole body is being fitted and held together by the support of every joint, with each part working to fulfill its function; this is how the body grows and builds itself up in love.
Therefore I say this — indeed, in union with the Lord I insist on it: do not live any longer as the pagans live, with their sterile ways of thinking.
Their intelligence has been shrouded in darkness, and they are estranged from the life of God, because of the ignorance in them, which in turn comes from resisting God’s will.
They have lost all feeling, so they have abandoned themselves to sensuality, practicing any kind of impurity and always greedy for more.
Always be humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love,
But this is not the lesson you learned from the Messiah!
If you really listened to him and were instructed about him, then you learned that since what is in Yeshua is truth,
then, so far as your former way of life is concerned, you must strip off your old nature, because your old nature is thoroughly rotted by its deceptive desires;
and you must let your spirits and minds keep being renewed,
and clothe yourselves with the new nature created to be godly, which expresses itself in the righteousness and holiness that flow from the truth.
Therefore, stripping off falsehood, let everyone speak truth with his neighbor, because we are intimately related to each other as parts of a body.
Be angry, but don’t sin — don’t let the sun go down before you have dealt with the cause of your anger;
otherwise you leave room for the Adversary.
The thief must stop stealing; instead, he should make an honest living by his own efforts. This way he will be able to share with those in need.
Let no harmful language come from your mouth, only good words that are helpful in meeting the need, words that will benefit those who hear them.
and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom.
but those who hope in Adonai will renew their strength, they will soar aloft as with eagles’ wings; when they are running they won’t grow weary, when they are walking they won’t get tired.
For you need to hold out; so that, by having done what God wills, you may receive what he has promised.
So let us not grow weary of doing what is good; for if we don’t give up, we will in due time reap the harvest.
To the ends of the earth he makes wars cease — he breaks the bow, snaps the spear, burns the shields in the fire.
But not only that, let us also boast in our troubles; because we know that trouble produces endurance,
endurance produces character, and character produces hope;
and this hope does not let us down, because God’s love for us has already been poured out in our hearts through the Ruach HaKodesh who has been given to us.
but he told me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is brought to perfection in weakness.” Therefore, I am very happy to boast about my weaknesses, in order that the Messiah’s power will rest upon me.
The name of Adonai is a strong tower; a righteous person runs to it and is raised high [above danger].
But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Some soldiers asked him, “What about us? What should we do?” To them he said, “Don’t intimidate anyone, don’t accuse people falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.”
Do everything without kvetching or arguing,
so that you may be blameless and pure children of God, without defect in the midst of a twisted and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the sky,
and I thank the one who has given me strength, the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, that he considered me trustworthy enough to put me in his service,
As the sparrow finds herself a home and the swallow her nest, where she lays her young, [so my resting-place is] by your altars, Adonai-Tzva’ot, my king and my God.
Also, make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own business and to earn your living by your own efforts — just as we told you.
But you are a chosen people, the King’s cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
The eyes of all are looking to you; you give them their food at the right time.
You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
For the mountains may leave and the hills be removed, but my grace will never leave you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Adonai, who has compassion on you.
God’s power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through our knowing the One who called us to his own glory and goodness.
By these he has given us valuable and superlatively great promises, so that through them you might come to share in God’s nature and escape the corruption which evil desires have brought into the world.
and let the shalom which comes from the Messiah be your heart’s decision-maker, for this is why you were called to be part of a single Body. And be thankful —
for he will not brood over the fact that his life is short, since God keeps him occupied with what will bring him joy.
Moreover, those who belong to the Messiah Yeshua have put their old nature to death on the stake, along with its passions and desires.
“Do not store up for yourselves wealth here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and burglars break in and steal.
So, when you do tzedakah, don’t announce it with trumpets to win people’s praise, like the hypocrites in the synagogues and on the streets. Yes! I tell you, they have their reward already!
Instead, store up for yourselves wealth in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and burglars do not break in or steal.
For where your wealth is, there your heart will be also.
By God’s grace, you, who were once slaves to sin, obeyed from your heart the pattern of teaching to which you were exposed;
and after you had been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
They only want to shake him from his height, they take delight in lying — with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. (Selah)
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, because my hope comes from him.
Praised be Adonai, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who in the Messiah has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heaven.
See what love the Father has lavished on us in letting us be called God’s children! For that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it has not known him.
Many are the torments of the wicked, but grace surrounds those who trust in Adonai.
Be glad in Adonai; rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, your judgments are like the great deep. You save man and beast, Adonai.
generously offer food to the hungry and meet the needs of the person in trouble; then your light will rise in the darkness, and your gloom become like noon.
So, since we have come to be considered righteous by God because of our trust, let us continue to have shalom with God through our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
For if we were reconciled with God through his Son’s death when we were enemies, how much more will we be delivered by his life, now that we are reconciled!
And not only will we be delivered in the future, but we are boasting about God right now, because he has acted through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through whom we have already received that reconciliation.
Here is how it works: it was through one individual that sin entered the world, and through sin, death; and in this way death passed through to the whole human race, inasmuch as everyone sinned.
Sin was indeed present in the world before Torah was given, but sin is not counted as such when there is no Torah.
Nevertheless death ruled from Adam until Moshe, even over those whose sinning was not exactly like Adam’s violation of a direct command. In this, Adam prefigured the one who was to come.
But the free gift is not like the offence. For if, because of one man’s offence, many died, then how much more has God’s grace, that is, the gracious gift of one man, Yeshua the Messiah, overflowed to many!
No, the free gift is not like what resulted from one man’s sinning; for from one sinner came judgment that brought condemnation; but the free gift came after many offences and brought acquittal.
For if, because of the offence of one man, death ruled through that one man; how much more will those receiving the overflowing grace, that is, the gift of being considered righteous, rule in life through the one man Yeshua the Messiah!
In other words, just as it was through one offence that all people came under condemnation, so also it is through one righteous act that all people come to be considered righteous.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man, many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the other man, many will be made righteous.
Also through him and on the ground of our trust, we have gained access to this grace in which we stand; so let us boast about the hope of experiencing God’s glory.
Without having seen him, you love him. Without seeing him now, but trusting in him, you continue to be full of joy that is glorious beyond words.
Those who are lying in wait for me would trample on me all day. For those fighting against me are many. Most High,
This is why we do not lose courage. Though our outer self is heading for decay, our inner self is being renewed daily.
“Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who keeps asking receives; he who keeps seeking finds; and to him who keeps knocking, the door will be opened.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Don’t worry about anything; on the contrary, make your requests known to God by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving.
Then God’s shalom, passing all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with the Messiah Yeshua.
“A person whose desire rests on you you preserve in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
Trust in Adonai forever, because in Yah Adonai, is a Rock of Ages.”
A song of ascents: Those who trust in Adonai are like Mount Tziyon, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
Always be joyful.
Pray regularly.
In everything give thanks, for this is what God wants from you who are united with the Messiah Yeshua.