The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.

the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.

And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves.

You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.’”

though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,

If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.

But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.

The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!

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I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.

You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and call to mind Jerusalem.”

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous.

For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”