Contentment: General Scriptures Concerning

The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

…and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. …

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: …

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.”

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

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

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. …

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.”