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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 how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure with turmoil.Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
The fear of the Lord leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. 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 renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.For the Lord is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,But this is not the way you came to know Christ.Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,and do not give the devil a foothold.He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;perseverance, character; and character, hope.And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
Do everything without complaining or arguing,so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will 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 realms.
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks forever.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.Trust in the Lord forever, because GOD the Lord is the Rock eternal.
Rejoice at all times.Pray without ceasing.Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.