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Contentment

Passages from across the Bible

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

  • Psalm 16:6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
  • Psalm 37:7 Be 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 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
  • Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
  • Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
  • Proverbs 15:13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
  • Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
  • Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
  • Proverbs 16:8 Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
  • Proverbs 17:1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
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Proverbs 17:22 Proverbs 30:8 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 Ecclesiastes 4:6 Ecclesiastes 5:12 Ecclesiastes 6:7–9 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 Luke 3:14 1 Corinthians 7:17 1 Corinthians 7:20–21 1 Corinthians 7:24 Galatians 5:26 Philippians 4:11–12 1 Timothy 6:6–8 Hebrews 13:5

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Instances of

Esau, in refusing Jacob's present

  • Genesis 33:9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

Barzillai, in refusing to go with David to Jerusalem

  • 2 Samuel 19:33–37 The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.” But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant tas…

The Shunammite, in refusing to make a request of Elisha

  • 2 Kings 4:13 and 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.

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “contentment” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.