Bible Verses About Contentment and Envy
Envy is what social media is built on — a highlight reel designed to make you want what someone else has. Scripture's answer isn't 'try harder to be grateful'; it's a different way of measuring your life entirely.
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Get the Contentment pack →1. Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
“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.””
2. Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
3. Exodus 20:17 (ESV)
““You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.””
4. 1 Timothy 6:10 (ESV)
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”
5. Ecclesiastes 5:10 (ESV)
“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.”
6. Luke 12:15 (ESV)
“And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.””
7. Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
“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.””
8. Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
9. Exodus 20:17 (ESV)
““You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.””
10. 1 Timothy 6:10 (ESV)
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”
11. Ecclesiastes 5:10 (ESV)
“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.”
12. Luke 12:15 (ESV)
“And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.””
13. Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
“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.””
14. Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
15. Exodus 20:17 (ESV)
““You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.””
16. 1 Timothy 6:10 (ESV)
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”
17. Ecclesiastes 5:10 (ESV)
“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.”
18. Luke 12:15 (ESV)
“And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.””
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.