Quotes about Contentment
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
— Jeremiah 9:23
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
— Jeremiah 31:26
But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
— Jeremiah 45:5
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
— Lamentations 3:24
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
— Ezekiel 34:18
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
— Daniel 4:4
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
— Hosea 13:6
And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
— Micah 4:4
You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
— Micah 6:14
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
— Haggai 1:6
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
— Matthew 6:28
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
— Matthew 6:31