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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 when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of being happy at any time in everything that happens, when I have enough to eat and when I go hungry, when I have more than I need and when I do not have enough.
We brought nothing into the world, so we can take nothing out.But, if we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with that.
I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens.I know how to live when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of being happy at any time in everything that happens, when I have enough to eat and when I go hungry, when I have more than I need and when I do not have enough.I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength.
Serving God does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.We brought nothing into the world, so we can take nothing out.But, if we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with that.
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.”
I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens.
For this reason I am happy when I have weaknesses, insults, hard times, sufferings, and all kinds of troubles for Christ. Because when I am weak, then I am truly strong.
“So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.
Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. Life is not measured by how much one owns.”
Live in peace with each other. Do not be proud, but make friends with those who seem unimportant. Do not think how smart you are.
Lord, my heart is not proud; I don’t look down on others. I don’t do great things, and I can’t do miracles.But I am calm and quiet, like a baby with its mother. I am at peace, like a baby with its mother.
“So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.
God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their work, which are gifts from God.
Even lions may get weak and hungry, but those who look to the Lord will have every good thing.
I find rest in God; only he can save me.Do not trust in force. Stealing is of no use. Even if you gain more riches, don’t put your trust in them.God has said this, and I have heard it over and over: God is strong.The Lord is loving. You reward people for what they have done.He is my rock and my salvation. He is my defender; I will not be defeated.
But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control. There is no law that says these things are wrong.
It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be wealthy and have much trouble.It is better to eat vegetables with those who love you than to eat meat with those who hate you.
So brothers and sisters, since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for God and pleasing to him, which is the spiritual way for you to worship.Love each other like brothers and sisters. Give each other more honor than you want for yourselves.Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at all times.Share with God’s people who need help. Bring strangers in need into your homes.Wish good for those who harm you; wish them well and do not curse them.Be happy with those who are happy, and be sad with those who are sad.Live in peace with each other. Do not be proud, but make friends with those who seem unimportant. Do not think how smart you are.If someone does wrong to you, do not pay him back by doing wrong to him. Try to do what everyone thinks is right.Do your best to live in peace with everyone.My friends, do not try to punish others when they wrong you, but wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them,” says the Lord.Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.
In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. The important things are living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come into his city with songs of thanksgiving and into his courtyards with songs of praise. Thank him and praise his name.The Lord is good. His love is forever, and his loyalty goes on and on.
We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. They are the people he called, because that was his plan.
So I realize that the best thing for them is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.
You will teach me how to live a holy life. Being with you will fill me with joy; at your right hand I will find pleasure forever.
I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He did not spare his own Son but gave him for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.
and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.
Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don’t make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.If I have too much, I might reject you and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’ If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.
And God can give you more blessings than you need. Then you will always have plenty of everything—enough to give to every good work.
Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
My God will use his wonderful riches in Christ Jesus to give you everything you need.
The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if you do anything, do it all for the glory of God.
“Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest.Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives.They asked him, “Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?”The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.”
And you will joyfully give thanks to the Father who has made you able to have a share in all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light.
Wait and trust the Lord. Don’t be upset when others get rich or when someone else’s plans succeed.
The Lord God is like a sun and shield; the Lord gives us kindness and honor. He does not hold back anything good from those whose lives are innocent.
God is the one who saves me; I will trust him and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord gives me strength and makes me sing. He has saved me.”
Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.
In the end, they will be destroyed. They do whatever their bodies want, they are proud of their shameful acts, and they think only about earthly things.
Who says you are better than others? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given to you, why do you brag as if you did not receive it as a gift?
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.
Even if I walk through a very dark valley, I will not be afraid, because you are with me. Your rod and your shepherd’s staff comfort me.
I am in prison because I belong to the Lord. Therefore I urge you who have been chosen by God to live up to the life to which God called you.So Jesus came down, and he is the same One who went up above all the heaven. Christ did that to fill everything with his presence.And Christ gave gifts to people—he made some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to go and tell the Good News, and some to have the work of caring for and teaching God’s people.Christ gave those gifts to prepare God’s holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger.This work must continue until we are all joined together in the same faith and in the same knowledge of the Son of God. We must become like a mature person, growing until we become like Christ and have his perfection.Then we will no longer be babies. We will not be tossed about like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to fool us. They make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong path.No! Speaking the truth with love, we will grow up in every way into Christ, who is the head.The whole body depends on Christ, and all the parts of the body are joined and held together. Each part does its own work to make the whole body grow and be strong with love.In the Lord’s name, I tell you this. Do not continue living like those who do not believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.They have lost all feeling of shame, and they use their lives for doing evil. They continually want to do all kinds of evil.Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love.But what you learned in Christ was not like this.I know that you heard about him, and you are in him, so you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.You were taught to leave your old self—to stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.But you were taught to be made new in your hearts,to become a new person. That new person is made to be like God—made to be truly good and holy.So you must stop telling lies. Tell each other the truth, because we all belong to each other in the same body.When you are angry, do not sin, and be sure to stop being angry before the end of the day.Do not give the devil a way to defeat you.Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need—words that will help others become stronger. Then what you say will do good to those who listen to you.You are joined together with peace through the Spirit, so make every effort to continue together in this way.
But the people who trust the Lord will become strong again. They will rise up as an eagle in the sky; they will run and not need rest; they will walk and not become tired.
We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest of eternal life at the right time if we do not give up.
God says, “Be still and know that I am God. I will be praised in all the nations; I will be praised throughout the earth.”
We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience.And patience produces character, and character produces hope.And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.
But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you. When you are weak, my power is made perfect in you.” So I am very happy to brag about my weaknesses. Then Christ’s power can live in me.
I will say to the Lord, “You are my place of safety and protection. You are my God and I trust you.”
Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.
The soldiers asked John, “What about us? What should we do?” John said to them, “Don’t force people to give you money, and don’t lie about them. Be satisfied with the pay you get.”
Do everything without complaining or arguing.Then you will be innocent and without any wrong. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with crooked and mean people all around you, among whom you shine like stars in the dark world.
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who gave me strength, because he trusted me and gave me this work of serving him.
Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care of your own business, and do your own work as we have already told you.
But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
All living things look to you for food, and you give it to them at the right time.You open your hand, and you satisfy all living things.
The mountains may disappear, and the hills may come to an end, but my love will never disappear; my promise of peace will not come to an end,” says the Lord who shows mercy to you.
Jesus has the power of God, by which he has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus called us by his glory and goodness.Through these he gave us the very great and precious promises. With these gifts you can share in God’s nature, and the world will not ruin you with its evil desires.
Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking, because you were all called together in one body to have peace. Always be thankful.
God gives some people the ability to enjoy the wealth and property he gives them, as well as the ability to accept their state in life and enjoy their work.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.
“Don’t store treasures for yourselves here on earth where moths and rust will destroy them and thieves can break in and steal them.“When you give to the poor, don’t be like the hypocrites. They blow trumpets in the synagogues and on the streets so that people will see them and honor them. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward.But store your treasures in heaven where they cannot be destroyed by moths or rust and where thieves cannot break in and steal them.Your heart will be where your treasure is.
In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that you were taught.You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.
I find rest in God; only he gives me hope.He is my rock and my salvation. He is my defender; I will not be defeated.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world.
The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.
Wicked people have many troubles, but the Lord’s love surrounds those who trust him.Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord. Sing all you whose hearts are right.
if you feed those who are hungry and take care of the needs of those who are troubled, then your light will shine in the darkness, and you will be bright like sunshine at noon.
Since we have been made right with God by our faith, we have peace with God. This happened through our Lord Jesus Christ,While we were God’s enemies, he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Surely, now that we are his friends, he will save us through his Son’s life.And not only that, but now we are also very happy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we are now God’s friends again.Sin came into the world because of what one man did, and with sin came death. This is why everyone must die—because everyone sinned.Sin was in the world before the law of Moses, but sin is not counted against us as breaking a command when there is no law.But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, everyone had to die, even those who had not sinned by breaking a command, as Adam had. Adam was like the One who was coming in the future.But God’s free gift is not like Adam’s sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man. But the grace from God was much greater; many people received God’s gift of life by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.After Adam sinned once, he was judged guilty. But the gift of God is different. God’s free gift came after many sins, and it makes people right with God.One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now those people who accept God’s full grace and the great gift of being made right with him will surely have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.So as one sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people, one good act that Christ did makes all people right with God. And that brings true life for all.One man disobeyed God, and many became sinners. In the same way, one man obeyed God, and many will be made right.who through our faith has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace that we now enjoy. And we are happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.
You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory.
So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.
“Ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you.Yes, everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks.And God’s peace, which is so great we cannot understand it, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
You, Lord, give true peace to those who depend on you, because they trust you.So, trust the Lord always, because he is our Rock forever.
Always be joyful.Pray continually,and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.