Bible Verses About Contentment
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for contentment, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,497 votes, led by Hebrews 13:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Contentment
Hebrews 13:5640 votes
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.
Philippians 4:11-13607 votes
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
1 Timothy 6:6-8483 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Luke 12:15343 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
1 Timothy 6:6-11334 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:6317 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Matthew 6:33290 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
2 Corinthians 12:10272 votes
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Philippians 4:19244 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 26:3211 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Psalms 37:3-5194 votes
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Philippians 4:11166 votes
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
1 Corinthians 7:17165 votes
But 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.
Matthew 6:25148 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Philippians 4:11-12133 votes
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Proverbs 16:8131 votes
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 3:5117 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Matthew 6:19-24117 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Proverbs 30:8-9113 votes
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Philippians 4:12101 votes
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.
Proverbs 28:2593 votes
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
Psalms 23:189 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms 118:2474 votes
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
1 Timothy 6:10-1174 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Psalms 37:1670 votes
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
What does the Bible say about contentment?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:5 on the subject of contentment. Across 8,497 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 4:11-13, 1 Timothy 6:6-8, Luke 12:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.