Contentment & Money
The theme of money and contentment in the Bible: counsel on wealth, greed, generosity and being content with what one has. Key chapters to read now.
Money, possessions and contentment are subjects the Bible often addresses. The chapters below treat the limits of wealth, the danger of greed and the peace of being content with what one has from different angles. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.
Read the chapters
- 1 Timothy 6
A chapter addressing the dangers bred by the love of money, urging contentment with what one has and generous sharing rather than exhausting oneself in pursuit of wealth.
- Ecclesiastes 5
A wisdom text questioning the emptiness and sleepless worry of piling up wealth, and commending a simple joy in the fruit of one's labor and contentment with what one has.
- Matthew 6
The chapter where Jesus teaches the Lord's Prayer, with counsel on sincere prayer, forgiveness and freedom from worry.
- Philippians 4
A chapter on joy and inner peace, teaching contentment in every situation, prayer instead of anxiety, and trust in God's peace.
- Proverbs 3
One of the best-loved chapters of wisdom literature, urging trust in God rather than one's own understanding, and the peace that wisdom brings.