Quotes About Contentment

But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”

If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

You shall not covet your neighborís wife. You shall not covet your neighborís house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

Have I ever said, ëGive me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

if the men of my house have not said, ëWho is there who has not had his fill?í—

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.