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Bible Verses About Contentment

This noindex topical Bible draft for Contentment was seeded from the public-domain reference inventory in Torrey's New Topical Textbook. It stores Scripture references and source provenance only, not copied competitor commentary or modern editorial text.

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1 Psalms 37:16 2 1 Corinthians 7:20 3 Luke 3:14 4 Hebrews 13:5 5 1 Timothy 6:8 6 Isaiah 5:8 7 2 Samuel 19:33-37 8 2 Kings 4:13 9 Psalms 16:6 10 Proverbs 30:8

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Psalms 37:16 primary

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

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1 Corinthians 7:20

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

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Luke 3:14

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

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Hebrews 13:5

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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1 Timothy 6:8

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

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Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

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2 Samuel 19:33-37

And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? 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?

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of 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.

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2 Kings 4:13

And 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.

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Psalms 16:6

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

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Proverbs 30:8

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

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Proverbs 30:9

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

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Philippians 4:11

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

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Philippians 4:12

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

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