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 both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both how to be full and how to be hungry, both how to abound and how to suffer need.

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.And having food and clothing let us be content with it.

Not that I speak of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content with it.I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both how to be full and how to be hungry, both how to abound and how to suffer need.I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.And having food and clothing let us be content with it.

Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you,

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

Not that I speak of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content with it.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air: for they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

And he said to them, Be careful, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

​The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be concerned with high things, but associate with men of humble circumstances. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

​LORD, my heart is not puffed up, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I occupy myself with great matters, or in things too high for me.Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned from his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it will be sufficient for us.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but those who seek the LORD shall not be without any good thing.

​Truly my soul waits for God: from him comes my salvation.He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

A merry heart makes a cheerful appearance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Better is 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 stalled ox and hatred with it.

And having food and clothing let us be content with it.

The fear of the LORD tends to life: and he that has it shall dwell satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry 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.

Casting all your cares on him; for he cares for you.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name.For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.

This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.

You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fulness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is sustained on you: because he trusts in you.

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

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

He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

And those who know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Great peace have those that love your law: and nothing shall offend them.

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food suitable for me:Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

And God is able to make every grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Come unto me, all you who labor and bear heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit to be sharers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked plans to pass.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are 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 yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

For who makes you to differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you received it, why do you glorify yourself, as if you had not received it?

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

Yea, 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.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, plead with you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love;Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

But those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for when the time is right we shall reap, if we do not faint.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;And patience, experience; and experience, hope:And hope does not make us ashamed; because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.

Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Do all things without murmuring and disputing:That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

Blessed are those who dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah.

And that you strive to be quiet, and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing earnest in prayer;

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give them their food in due season.You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD who has mercy on you.

Turn my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.

According as his divine power has given to us all things that concern life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue:By which are given to us exceedingly great and precious promises: that by these you may be sharers in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful.

For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

​Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of instruction which was delivered to you.Being then made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness.

My soul, wait only for God; for my expectation is from him.He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.

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

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.

Behold, what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto you for ever.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart.

How excellent is your loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.

NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noonday:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

When I am afraid, I will trust in you.

For which reason we do not faint; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inner man is being renewed day by day.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:For every one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is sustained on you: because he trusts in you.Trust in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

​Those who trust in the LORD shall be like mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but remains for ever.

Rejoice at all times.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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