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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 live with humble means, and I know what it is to live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment—both to be filled and to go hungry, to have abundance and to suffer need.
For we brought nothing into this world, So we cannot take anything out of it.But having food and clothing, with these things we shall be content.
I am not saying this because I am in need—for whatever circumstance I am in, I have learned to be content.I know what it is to live with humble means, and I know what it is to live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment—both to be filled and to go hungry, to have abundance and to suffer need.I can do all things through Messiah who strengthens me.
Now godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into this world, So we cannot take anything out of it.But having food and clothing, with these things we shall be content.
Keep your lifestyle free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. For God Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you,”
I am not saying this because I am in need—for whatever circumstance I am in, I have learned to be content.
For Messiah’s sake, then, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in distresses, in persecutions, in calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
“So I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?“Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the material goods he possesses.”
Live in harmony with one another; do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own eyes.
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Adonai, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes lofty, nor do I go after things too great or too difficult for me.But I have calmed and quieted my soul— like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
“So I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Also when anyone eats and drinks, and finds satisfaction in all of his labor, it is the gift of God.
For the music director, on Jeduthun. A psalm of David.Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain hope in plunder. Though these things increase riches, do not set your heart on them.Once God has spoken, twice I have heard this: might belongs to God.Also Yours, O Lord, is lovingkindness. For You reward a man for his work.My soul, wait in stillness, only for God— from Him comes my salvation.
But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control—against such things there is no law.
Better is little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth with turmoil.Better a meal of vegetables where there is love, than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
The fear of Adonai leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied, untouched by harm.
I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.Be tenderly devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in giving honor.Do not be lagging in zeal; be fervent in spirit. Keep serving the Lord,rejoicing in hope, enduring in distress, persisting in prayer,contributing to the needs of the kedoshim, extending hospitality.Bless those who persecute you—bless and do not curse.Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Live in harmony with one another; do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own eyes.Repay no one evil for evil; give thought to what is good in the eyes of all people.If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in shalom with all people.Never take your own revenge, loved ones, but give room for God’s wrath—for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” says Adonai.Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 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 about eating and drinking, but righteousness and shalom and joy in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise! Praise Him, bless His Name.For Adonai is good. His lovingkindness endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.
Now 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 rejoice and enjoy themselves in their lifetime.
You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in trusting, so you may overflow with hope in the power of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Keep falsehood and lies far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches, but feed me with my allotted bread,lest I become satisfied and deny You and say, “Who is Adonai?” Or lest I become poor, and steal and profane the Name of my God.
And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that by always having enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.
always giving thanks for everything to God the Father, in the name of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
My God will fulfill every need of yours according to the riches of His glory in Messiah Yeshua.
Therefore, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, 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 Yeshua, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
we give thanks to the Father, who qualified you to share in the inheritance of the kedoshim in the light.
Be still before Adonai and wait patiently for Him. Do not fret over one prospering in his way, over one carrying out wicked schemes.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the House of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and will not be afraid. For the Lord Adonai is my strength and my song. He also has become my salvation.”
As with a crushing in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, by saying to me all day, “Where is your God?”
Their end is destruction—their god is their belly and their glory is in their shame. They set their minds on earthly things.)
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
Even 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 comfort me.
Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you were called—The One who came down is the same One who went up far above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.He Himself gave some to be emissaries, some as prophets, some as proclaimers of the Good News, and some as shepherds and teachers—to equip the kedoshim for the work of service, for building up the body of Messiah.This will continue until we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of Ben-Elohim—to mature adulthood, to the measure of the stature of Messiah’s fullness.As a result, we are no longer to be like children, tossed around by the waves and blown all over by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men with cunning in deceitful scheming.Instead, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all ways into Messiah, who is the Head.From Him the whole body is fitted and held together by every supporting ligament. The proper working of each individual part produces the body’s growth, for building itself up in love.So I tell you this, indeed I insist on it in the Lord—walk no longer as the pagans do, stumbling around in the futility of their thinking.They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance in them due to the hardness of their heart.Since they are past feeling, they have turned themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of immorality, with greed for more.with complete humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,However, you did not learn Messiah in this way—if indeed you have heard Him and were taught in Him, as the truth is in Yeshua.With respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old self corrupted by its deceitful desires,be renewed in the spirit of your mind,and put on the new self—created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.So lay aside lying and “each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun go down on your anger,nor give the devil a foothold.The one who steals must steal no longer—instead he must work, doing something useful with his own hands, so he may have something to share with the one who has need.Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it.making every effort to keep the unity of the Ruach in the bond of shalom.
but they who wait for Adonai will renew their strength. They will soar up with wings as eagles. They will run, and not grow weary. They will walk, and not be faint.
For you need perseverance so that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
So let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we don’t give up.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear. He burns chariots with fire.
And not only that, but we also boast in suffering—knowing that suffering produces perseverance;and perseverance, character; and character, hope.And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who was given to us.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Messiah may dwell in me.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
The Name of Adonai is a strong tower. The righteous one runs into it and is set safely up high.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Also soldiers asked him, saying, “And what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not take things from anyone by force, do not falsely accuse anyone, and be content with your wages.”
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,so that you might be blameless and innocent, children of God in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation. Among them you shine as lights in the world,
I thank Messiah Yeshua our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to service—
Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young —near Your altars, Adonai-Tzva’ot— my King and my God!
and aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, just as we directed you—
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
The eyes of all look to You and You give them their food on time.You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor.
Though the mountains depart and the hills be shaken, My love will not depart from you, nor will My covenant of peace be shaken, says Adonai who has compassion on you.
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and virtue.Through these things He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, since you have escaped the corruption that evil desires have brought into the world.
Let the shalom of Messiah rule in your hearts—to this shalom you were surely called in one body. Also be thankful.
For he will not often consider the days of his life, since God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
Now those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.So whenever you do tzadakah, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching under which you were placed;and after you were set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
They only plot to topple him from his rank. Delighting in falsehood, they bless with their mouth, but inwardly they curse. SelahMy soul, wait in stillness, only for God— for from Him comes my expectation.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah.
See how glorious a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children—and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness surrounds the one who trusts in Adonai.Be glad in Adonai and rejoice, you righteous, and shout for joy, all who are upright in heart.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like the great deep. You preserve man and beast, Adonai.
If you give yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness, and your gloom will be like midday.
Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.For if, while we were yet enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by His life.And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through whom we have now received reconciliation.So then, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, in the same way death spread to all men because all sinned.For up until the Torah, sin was in the world; but sin does not count as sin when there is no law.Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in a manner similar to the violation of Adam, who is a pattern of the One to come.But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if many died because of the transgression of one man, how much more did the grace of God overflow to many through the gift of one Man—Yeshua the Messiah.Moreover, the gift is not like what happened through the one who sinned. For on the one hand, the judgment from one violation resulted in condemnation; but on the other hand, the gracious gift following many transgressions resulted in justification.For if by the one man’s transgression, death reigned through the one, how much more shall those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Messiah Yeshua.So then, through the transgression of one, condemnation came to all men; likewise, through the righteousness of one came righteousness of life to all men.For just as through the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man, many will be set right forever.Through Him we also have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and boast in the hope of God’s glory.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. And even though you don’t see Him now, you trust Him and are filled with a joy that is glorious beyond words,
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
“Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it shall be opened.
But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Do not be anxious about anything—but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.And the shalom of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Messiah Yeshua.
You keep in perfect peace one whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.Trust in Adonai forever, for the Lord Adonai is a Rock of ages.
A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Adonai are like Mount Zion— it cannot be moved, but endures forever.
Rejoice always,pray constantly,in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Messiah Yeshua.