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 how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want.

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;

but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want.

I can do all things in him who strengthens me.

There is great gain in godliness with contentment;

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;

but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.”

There is great gain in godliness with contentment;

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want;

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul.

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

also that it is God's gift to man that every one should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.”

The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

Put no confidence in extortion, set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God;

and that to thee, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For thou dost requite a man according to his work.

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.

Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

The fear of the Lord leads to life; and he who has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.

Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all.

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name!

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

Thou openest thy hand, thou satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;

Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?

And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

Great peace have those who love thy law; nothing can make them stumble.

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

In the way of thy testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.

And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work.

always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

and said to him, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?”

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.

Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds;

they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart;

they have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of uncleanness.

with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love,

You did not so learn Christ! —

assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.

Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts,

and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

and give no opportunity to the devil.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!”

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”

Do all things without grumbling or questioning,

that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

I thank him who has given me strength for this, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service,

Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! Selah

to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

The eyes of all look to thee, and thou givest them their food in due season.

Thou openest thy hand, thou satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to gain!

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.

For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.

Every man also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and find enjoyment in his toil—this is the gift of God.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,

“Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

that my soul may praise thee and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

Many are the pangs of the wicked; but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

How precious is thy steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of thy wings.

Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.

Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned—

sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.

If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous.

Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day.

“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.

Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.

Rejoice always,

pray constantly,

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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