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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 have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it;but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have.I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing 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 he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have.
Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work.He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; 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 minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name.For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;
You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else?
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need,or I shall be full, and deny you, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or I shall be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.
giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, 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.and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled 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 over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he 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 help and my God.
Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me.
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love.Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds.They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,That is not the way you learned Christ!For surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus.You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,and do not make room for the devil.Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.making every effort to maintain 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 like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.”
Do all things without murmuring and arguing,so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service,
to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts 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 due season.You open your hand, satisfying the desire of every living thing.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God.
And 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 consume and where thieves break in and steal;“So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes 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 you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted,and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall 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 places,
Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.
See what love the Father has given 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.
so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law.Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.Therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.For just as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace— in peace because they trust in you.Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you 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,give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.