Bible Verses About Discontent
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for discontent, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,512 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 Discontent
Hebrews 13:5289 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.
Luke 12:15153 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 Thessalonians 5:18123 votes
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Matthew 6:33115 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Psalms 37:4108 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Philippians 4:10-13103 votes
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
1 Timothy 6:6-10102 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Romans 8:28100 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Peter 5:798 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Philippians 4:1395 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Luke 3:1483 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 10:1075 votes
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Philippians 4:11-1372 votes
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Matthew 6:2466 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Peter 3:7-1265 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Ecclesiastes 5:1060 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
2 Corinthians 9:1159 votes
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
1 Timothy 6:6-859 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Luke 11:1357 votes
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
2 Corinthians 8:957 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Romans 12:256 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 John 4:1652 votes
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Psalms 34:1048 votes
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
2 Corinthians 12:1046 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.
Proverbs 30:7-945 votes
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
What does the Bible say about discontent?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:5 on the subject of discontent. Across 3,512 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 12:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Matthew 6:33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.