What Does the Bible Say About Contentment On Earth?

2 Timothy 3:1-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. ...

James 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Psalm 103:1-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Hosea 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

2 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

Ephesians 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 17:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He answered, “Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Genesis 33:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. ...

Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Psalm 128:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!

Job 4:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking? Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees. But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed. ...

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Genesis 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

Colossians 3:18-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Colossians 3:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

34 Bible Verses about Contentment On Earth

2 Timothy 3:1-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hosea 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 17:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 33:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 128:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 4:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:18-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Contentment On Earth

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2 Timothy 3:1-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hosea 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 17:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 33:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 128:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 4:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:18-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 3:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote