TOPICAL BIBLE
Contentment
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Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.2 Samuel 19:33And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?2 Samuel 19:35I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?2 Samuel 19:36Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?2 Samuel 19:37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.2 Kings 4:13And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.Psalm 16:6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.Psalm 37:7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.Psalm 37:16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not inter-meddle with its joy.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.Proverbs 15:13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.Proverbs 15:15All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.Proverbs 16:8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.Ecclesiastes 3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.Ecclesiastes 9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.Luke 3:14And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.1 Corinthians 7:17Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.1 Corinthians 7:20Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.1 Corinthians 7:21Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.1 Corinthians 7:24Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.Galatians 5:26Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.Philippians 4:11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.Philippians 4:12I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain:1 Timothy 6:7for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;1 Timothy 6:8but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.Hebrews 13:5Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
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