Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Contentment
General references
Bible References
Contentment
1 Timothy 6:8
If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
Exodus 2:21 Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Luke 3:14
Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”
Philippians 4:11
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
General references
Genesis 34:23
Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.”
Genesis 43:2
So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”
Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
Than the abundance of many wicked.
Jeremiah 35:9
nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we do not have vineyard or field or seed.