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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 both how to face humble circumstances and how to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out.If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with these things.
I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned in whatever state I am to be content.I know both how to face humble circumstances and how to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.I can do all things, because of Christ who strengthens me.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out.If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with these things.
Let your lives be without love of money, and be content with the things you have. For He has said: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”
I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned in whatever state I am to be content.
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
“Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
Then He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness. For a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Do not pretend to be wiser than you are.
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I involve myself in great matters, nor in things too profound for me.Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
“Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?
and also that everyone should eat and drink and experience good in all their labor. This is a gift of God.
The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
For God alone my soul silently waits; from Him comes my salvation.Trust not in oppression; put no vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.God has spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God.Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy. For You render to every man according to his work.He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my refuge; I shall not be greatly shaken.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,meekness, and self-control; against such there is no law.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure with trouble.Better is a meal of herbs where love is than a fattened calf with hatred.
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it will rest secure; he will not be visited by evil.
I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship.Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honor,do not be lazy in diligence, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord,rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer,contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Do not pretend to be wiser than you are.Repay no one evil for evil. Commend what is honest in the sight of all men.If it is possible, as much as it depends on you, live peaceably with all men.Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
For the kingdom of God does not mean eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.
We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
I know that there is nothing better for people than to be glad and do good in their life,
You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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?
Those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with my daily bread,lest I be full and deny You, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, so that you, always having enough of everything, may abound to every good work.
Give thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
But my God shall supply your every need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Therefore, whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, 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 will find rest for your souls.and said to Him, “Are You He who should come, or should we look for another?”For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled us to be partakers in the inheritance of the saints in light.
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; fret not because of those who prosper in their way, because of those who bring wicked schemes to pass.
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 God is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.
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 salvation and my God.
Their destination is destruction, their god is their appetite, their glory is in their shame, their minds are set on earthly things.
For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
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, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called.He who descended is also He who ascended far above all the heavens that He might fill all things.)He gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers,for the equipping of the saints, for the work of service, and for the building up of the body of Christ,until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,so we may no longer be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about with every wind of teaching by the trickery of men, by craftiness with deceitful scheming.But, speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into Him, who is the head, Christ Himself,from whom the whole body is joined together and connected by every joint and ligament, as every part effectively does its work and grows, building itself up in love.Therefore this I say and testify in the Lord, that from now on you walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds,having their understanding darkened, excluded from the life of God through the ignorance that is within them, due to the hardness of their hearts.Being calloused they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.With all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love,But you did not learn about Christ in this manner,if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:that you put off the former way of life in the old nature, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,and be renewed in the spirit of your mind;and that you put on the new nature, which was created according to God in righteousness and true holiness.Therefore, putting away lying, let every man speak truthfully with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.Be angry but do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.Do not give place to the devil.Let him who steals steal no more. Instead, let him labor, working with his hands things which are good, that he may have something to share with him who is in need.Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.be eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
but those who wait upon 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 need patience, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive the promise.
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we shall reap, 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 in the earth.
Not only so, but we also boast in tribulation, knowing that tribulation produces patience,patience produces character, and character produces hope.And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.
Then the soldiers likewise demanded of him, “And what must we do?” He said to them, “Do no violence to anyone nor accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.”
Do all things without murmuring and disputing,that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world.
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful and appointed me to the ministry.
to aspire to live a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
The eyes of all look expectantly to 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 may be removed, and the hills may shake, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you.
His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us by His own glory and excellence,by which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these things you might become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Let the peace of God, to which also you are called in one body, rule in your hearts. And be thankful.
Likewise, everyone to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and the ability to eat from it, and to receive his reward and to rejoice in his labor—this is a gift from God.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.“Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
But thanks be to God, for you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of teaching to which you were entrusted,and having been freed from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness.
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.He alone 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 every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments.
Consider how much love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
so that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness will surround the man who trusts in the Lord.Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore mankind seeks refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light shall rise in obscurity, and your darkness shall become as the noonday.
Therefore, since we have been 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, how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by His life!Furthermore, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, so death has spread to all men, because all have sinned.For until the law, sin was in the world. But sin is not counted when there is no law.Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam’s sin, who was a type of Him who was to come.But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if through the trespass of one man many died, then how much more has the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.The gift is not like the result that came through the one who sinned. For the judgment from one sin led to condemnation, but the free gift, which came after many trespasses, leads to justification.For if by one man’s trespass death reigned through him, then how much more will those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.Therefore just as through the trespass of one man came condemnation for all men, so through the righteous act of One came justification of life for all men.For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One the many will be made righteous.through whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and so we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
whom, having not seen, you love; and in whom, though you do not see Him now, you believe and you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,
For this reason we do not lose heart: Even though our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.For everyone 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, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God.And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord we have an everlasting rock.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Rejoice always.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.