Content

“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

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 God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”