1Ti 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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{Let your} conversation {be} without covetousness; {and be} content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, {therewith} to be content.
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. {little: or, for a little time}
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse {any} falsely; and be content with your wages. {Do violence...: or, Put no man in fear} {wages: or, allowance}
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Riches and honour {are} with me; {yea}, durable riches and righteousness.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;
Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, {therewith} to be content.
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}
{Let your} conversation {be} without covetousness; {and be} content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. {little: or, for a little time}
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek {them} not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Wealth and riches {shall be} in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, {and} strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD {is} his treasure. {salvation: Heb. salvations}
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. {Perverse...: or, Gallings one of another}
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what {is} to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
The fear of the LORD {tendeth} to life: and {he that hath it} shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
{Be} of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. {condescend...: or, be contented with mean things}
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that {is} thy neighbour's.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all {was} vanity and vexation of spirit, and {there was} no profit under the sun.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
{Shall} not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs {be} ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.