TOPICAL BIBLE
Contentment
43 references in this topic.
Genesis 33:9“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”2 Samuel 19:33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”2 Samuel 19:34But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?2 Samuel 19:36Your servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?2 Samuel 19:37Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”2 Kings 4:13and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.Psalm 16:6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.Psalm 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.Psalm 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.Proverbs 15:15All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Ecclesiastes 2:24Nothing 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.Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,Ecclesiastes 3:13and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.Ecclesiastes 4:6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.Ecclesiastes 6:8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 8:15So 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.Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:Ecclesiastes 9:8Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.Luke 3:14Then 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.”1 Corinthians 7:17Regardless, 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.1 Corinthians 7:20Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.1 Corinthians 7:21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.1 Corinthians 7:24Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.Galatians 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.Philippians 4:11I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.Philippians 4:12I 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.1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.1 Timothy 6:7For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.1 Timothy 6:8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.Hebrews 13:5Keep 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.”
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