Quotes About Contentment

Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

A righteous man eats to his heartís content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.