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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 need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learned this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little.
What did we bring into the world? Nothing! What can we take out of the world? Nothing!So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.
And I am not saying this because I feel neglected, for I have learned to be satisfied with what I have.I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learned this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little.I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.
Well, religion does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.What did we bring into the world? Nothing! What can we take out of the world? Nothing!So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.”
And I am not saying this because I feel neglected, for I have learned to be satisfied with what I have.
I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
“This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren't you worth much more than birds?
And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be.”
It is better to have a little, honestly earned, than to have a large income, dishonestly gained.
Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise.
Lord, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance. I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me.Instead, I am content and at peace. As a child lies quietly in its mother's arms, so my heart is quiet within me.
“This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?
All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.
I wait patiently for God to save me; I depend on him alone.Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them.More than once I have heard God say that power belongs to himand that his love is constant. You yourself, O Lord, reward everyone according to their deeds.He alone protects and saves me; he is my defender, and I shall never be defeated.
But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
Better to be poor and fear the Lord than to be rich and in trouble.Better to eat vegetables with people you love than to eat the finest meat where there is hate.
So then, my friends, because of God's great mercy to us I appeal to you: Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.Love one another warmly as Christians, and be eager to show respect for one another.Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion.Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.Share your belongings with your needy fellow Christians, and open your homes to strangers.Ask God to bless those who persecute you—yes, ask him to bless, not to curse.Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise. If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.”Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.
For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
Enter the Temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise him.The Lord is good; his love is eternal and his faithfulness lasts forever.
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully!
We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.
So I realized that all we can do is be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive.
You will show me the path that leads to life; your presence fills me with joy and brings me pleasure forever.
You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.
May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son—will he not also freely give us all things?
Those who love your law have perfect security, and there is nothing that can make them fall.
be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.
keep me from lying, and let me be neither rich nor poor. So give me only as much food as I need.If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.
And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.
And with all his abundant wealth through Christ Jesus, my God will supply all your needs.
“Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.“Tell us,” they asked Jesus, “are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?”For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light.”
Be patient and wait for the Lord to act; don't be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.
The Lord is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right.
God is my savior; I will trust him and not be afraid. The Lord gives me power and strength; he is my savior.
Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world.
Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?
Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.
Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff protect me.
I urge you, then—I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you.So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence.It was he who “gave gifts to people”; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers.He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ.And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature.Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent.Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love. In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthlessand whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn.They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint.Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.That was not what you learned about Christ!You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to—the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires.Your hearts and minds must be made completely new,and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy. No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ.If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.Don't give the Devil a chance.If you used to rob, you must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for yourself and to be able to help the poor.Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you.Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.
But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak.
So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
“Stop fighting,” he says, “and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world.”
We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,endurance brings God's approval, and his approval creates hope.This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us.
But his answer was: “My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak.” I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.
Some soldiers also asked him, “What about us? What are we to do?” He said to them, “Don't take money from anyone by force or accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your pay.”
Do everything without complaining or arguing,so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,
I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength for my work. I thank him for considering me worthy and appointing me to serve him,
Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before.
But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.
All living things look hopefully to you, and you give them food when they need it.You give them enough and satisfy the needs of all.
The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace.” So says the Lord who loves you.
God's divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness.In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.
The peace that Christ gives is to guide you in the decisions you make; for it is to this peace that God has called you together in the one body. And be thankful.
If God gives us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we should be grateful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.
“Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.“So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.For your heart will always be where your riches are.
But thanks be to God! For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you have obeyed with all your heart the truths found in the teaching you received.You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness.
I depend on God alone; I put my hope in him.He alone protects and saves me; he is my defender, and I shall never be defeated.
Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world.
Praise the Lord! Happy is the person who honors the Lord, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.
See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.
So I will not be silent; I will sing praise to you. Lord, you are my God; I will give you thanks forever.
The wicked will have to suffer, but those who trust in the Lord are protected by his constant love.You that are righteous, be glad and rejoice because of what the Lord has done. You that obey him, shout for joy!
How precious, O God, is your constant love! We find protection under the shadow of your wings.
if you give food to the hungry and satisfy those who are in need, then the darkness around you will turn to the brightness of noon.
Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.We were God's enemies, but he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Now that we are God's friends, how much more will we be saved by Christ's life!But that is not all; we rejoice because of what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God's friends.Sin came into the world through one man, and his sin brought death with it. As a result, death has spread to the whole human race because everyone has sinned.There was sin in the world before the Law was given; but where there is no law, no account is kept of sins.But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, death ruled over all human beings, even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam did when he disobeyed God's command. Adam was a figure of the one who was to come.But the two are not the same, because God's free gift is not like Adam's sin. It is true that many people died because of the sin of that one man. But God's grace is much greater, and so is his free gift to so many people through the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.And there is a difference between God's gift and the sin of one man. After the one sin, came the judgment of “Guilty”; but after so many sins, comes the undeserved gift of “Not guilty!”It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done by the one man, Jesus Christ! All who receive God's abundant grace and are freely put right with him will rule in life through Christ.So then, as the one sin condemned all people, in the same way the one righteous act sets all people free and gives them life.And just as all people were made sinners as the result of the disobedience of one man, in the same way they will all be put right with God as the result of the obedience of the one man.He has brought us by faith into this experience of God's grace, in which we now live. And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God's glory!
You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,
For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day.
“Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.
Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.And God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus.
You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.Trust in the Lord forever; he will always protect us.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.
Be joyful always,pray at all times,be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.