Content

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Therefore 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.

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

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

Moses said, “Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust. — read the full passage →

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! — read the full passage →

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. — read the full passage →

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked. — read the full passage →

If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. — read the full passage →

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.