TOPICAL BIBLE
Contentment
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Genesis 33:9And Esau saith, ‘I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.’2 Samuel 19:33and the king saith unto Barzillai, ‘Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jerusalem.’2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai saith unto the king, ‘How many are the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?2 Samuel 19:35A son of eighty years I am to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?2 Samuel 19:36As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?2 Samuel 19:37Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother,—and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which is good in thine eyes.’2 Kings 4:13And he saith to him, ‘Say, I pray thee, unto her, Lo, thou hast troubled thyself concerning us with all this trouble; what—to do for thee? is it to speak for thee unto the king, or unto the head of the host?’ and she saith, ‘In the midst of my people I am dwelling.’Psalm 16:6Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.Psalm 37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.Psalm 37:16Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.Proverbs 14:14From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man—from his fruits.Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.Proverbs 15:15All the days of the afflicted are evil, And gladness of heart is a perpetual banquet.Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, A good report maketh fat the bone.Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.Proverbs 17:22A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.Proverbs 30:8Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.Ecclesiastes 3:12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,Ecclesiastes 3:13yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.’Ecclesiastes 5:12Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 8:15And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.Ecclesiastes 9:8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.Ecclesiastes 9:9See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.Luke 3:14And questioning him also were those warring, saying, ‘And we, what shall we do?’ and he said unto them, ‘Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.’1 Corinthians 7:17if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each—so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:1 Corinthians 7:20Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;1 Corinthians 7:21a servant—wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free—use it rather;1 Corinthians 7:24each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.Galatians 5:26let us not become vain-glorious—one another provoking, one another envying!Philippians 4:11not that in respect of want I say it, for I did learn in the things in which I am—to be content;Philippians 4:12I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.1 Timothy 6:6but it is great gain—the piety with contentment;1 Timothy 6:7for nothing did we bring into the world—it is manifest that we are able to carry nothing out;1 Timothy 6:8but having food and raiment—with these we shall suffice ourselves;Hebrews 13:5Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, ‘No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,’
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