100 Bible Verses About Contentment

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.

And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.