Bible Verses About Contentment vs Comparison
Scripture regarding contentment vs comparison.
When we focus on contentment vs comparison, we find that God's Word offers specific guidance for our hearts. In the middle of life's challenges, His contentment provides a foundation that cannot be shaken. These verses are curated to help you anchor your soul in the peace found only in Christ. Allow these promises from the contentment of His truth to renew your spirit today.
Key Passages
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."
"It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."
"For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one."
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
"A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones."
"¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
"But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another."
"For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
"For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work."
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