Quotes about Contentment
Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
- Luke 3:14
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- Luke 6:25
“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- Luke 9:3
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Luke 12:15
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
- Luke 12:16
Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
- Luke 12:18
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Luke 12:19
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
- Luke 12:21
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 12:22
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- Luke 12:23
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Luke 12:24
So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
- Luke 12:26