Being Content

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain: — read the full passage →

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain:

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — read the full passage →

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

Rejoice always; — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; — read the full passage →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. — read the full passage →

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: — read the full passage →