10 verses about contentment from the King James Version, the most loved first.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 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…
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.
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Philippians 4:11-13Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know…
Hebrews 13:5Let 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…
1 Timothy 6:6-8But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and…
Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Psalms 23:1[A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Luke 3:14And 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…
Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
17 more verses that touch on it
Psalms 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
1 Corinthians 7:20-21Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use…
Psalms 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked…
Proverbs 15:13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw…
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy…
Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 6:7-9All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that…
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 merry: for that shall abide with him…
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let…
1 Corinthians 7:17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
1 Corinthians 7:24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Galatians 5:26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.
Questions people ask.
What does the Bible say about contentment?
The Bible speaks to contentment in verses such as Hebrews 13:5, “Let your conversation be without covetousness”, and 1 Timothy 6:6-8, “But godliness with contentment is great gain” (King James Version).
Which Bible verses about contentment are most loved?
Among the most loved is Philippians 4:11-13, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Others are Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:6-8 and Matthew 6:33.