The best Bible verses for contentment (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for contentment (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”"Hebrews 13:5
"Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”"Hebrews 13:5
"Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”"Luke 3:14
"The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want."Proverbs 13:25
"The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm."Proverbs 19:23
"You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves."Psalms 80:6
"one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business."Ecclesiastes 4:8
"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace."Song of Solomon 8:10
"And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!"Joshua 7:7
"He shall remove its crop with its contents and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes."Leviticus 1:16
"“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."John 3:16
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."Jeremiah 29:11
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."Romans 8:28
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for contentment (ESV) are Hebrews 13:5, Luke 3:14, Proverbs 13:25. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to contentment (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for contentment (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.