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Want to know what the Bible says about Contentment? Here are 128 Bible verses about Contentment from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Psalm 131:2 NIV
But I have calmed and quieted myself,
    I am like a weaned child with its mother;
    like a weaned child I am content.
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Proverbs 15:13 NIV
A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
    but heartache crushes the spirit.
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Proverbs 17:1 NIV
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.
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James 4:1-2 NIV
4 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10 NIV
Whoever loves money never has enough;
    whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
    This too is meaningless.
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Proverbs 15:30 NIV
Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart,
    and good news gives health to the bones.
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Philippians 3:7-8 NIV
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
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Psalm 2:12 NIV
Kiss his son, or he will be angry
    and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
    Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
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John 15:26 NIV
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father —the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
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2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
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