Contentment Bible Verses

"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."

— Philippians 4:11-12

"But godliness with contentment is great gain."

— 1 Timothy 6:6

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.""

— Hebrews 13:5

"Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked."

— Psalm 37:16

"Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil."

— Proverbs 15:16

"Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice."

— Proverbs 16:8

"Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind."

— Ecclesiastes 4:6

"Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife."

— Proverbs 17:1

"LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance."

— Psalm 16:5-6

"The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

— Psalm 23:1

"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

— Psalm 73:25-26

"I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.""

— Lamentations 3:24

"Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you."

— Psalm 63:3

"And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus."

— Philippians 4:19

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

— Matthew 6:33

"Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God."

— Proverbs 30:8-9

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

— Philippians 4:13

"For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that."

— 1 Timothy 6:7-8

"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days."

— Psalm 90:14

"The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble."

— Proverbs 19:23

"If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment."

— Job 36:11

"Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless."

— Ecclesiastes 5:10

"Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied, "Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.""

— Luke 3:14

"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones."

— Proverbs 14:30

"But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content."

— Psalm 131:2

"Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare."

— Isaiah 55:2

"You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."

— Haggai 1:6

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?"

— Matthew 6:25

"Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.""

— Luke 12:15

"That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

— 2 Corinthians 12:10

"Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower."

— James 1:9-10

"for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things."

— Psalm 107:9

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

— Exodus 20:17

"Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

— 1 Timothy 6:9-10

"And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.""

— Luke 12:16-21

"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God."

— James 4:1-2

"The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!""

— Numbers 11:4-6

"As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?"

— Ecclesiastes 5:11

"Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes."

— Proverbs 27:20

"Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle."

— Proverbs 23:4-5

"I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun."

— Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

"For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly."

— Mark 7:21-22

"Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."

— Colossians 3:5

"For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."

— Ephesians 5:5

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."

— Luke 16:13

"With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!"

— 2 Peter 2:14

"The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the LORD will prosper."

— Proverbs 28:25

"Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart."

— Psalm 37:4

"who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

— Psalm 103:5

"You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing."

— Psalm 145:16

"The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."

— Isaiah 58:11

"As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness."

— Psalm 17:15

"I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you."

— Psalm 63:5

"Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple."

— Psalm 65:4

"Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.""

— John 6:35

"but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

— John 4:14

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

— Matthew 5:6

"They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights."

— Psalm 36:8

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior."

— Habakkuk 3:17-18

"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."

— 2 Corinthians 9:8

"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well."

— 3 John 1:2

"For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless."

— Psalm 84:11