Contentment
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Contentment’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 1–24 of 48 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Psalms 16:6 OT
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
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Psalms 37:7 OT
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
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Psalms 37:16 OT
Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
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The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
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The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
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A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
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All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
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The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.
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Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
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Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
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A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
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There 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.
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I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
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Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living? Better is the sight of the eyes than the…
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Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
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Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil. Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the…
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Luke 3:14 NT
Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
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Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
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Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
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Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.