Quotes about Contentment
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
- Deuteronomy 6:11
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- Deuteronomy 8:12
And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
- Deuteronomy 11:15
“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
- Joshua 7:7
even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
- Judges 19:19
And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
- 1 Kings 19:6
and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
- 2 Kings 4:13
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
- Job 3:13
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
- Job 6:5
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
- Job 20:20
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
- Job 21:23
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
- Job 31:25