Quotes about Contentment
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
- Proverbs 13:25
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 14:30
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
- Proverbs 15:15
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
- Proverbs 15:16
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 15:17
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Proverbs 17:1
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
- Proverbs 18:20
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
- Proverbs 19:23
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- Proverbs 21:17
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
- Proverbs 21:26
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- Proverbs 23:4
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Proverbs 23:5