Bible on Contentment

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

And when Moses heard that, he was content.

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

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

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.