Verse 11

I speake not this because of necessite: for I haue lerned in what soeuer estate I am, therwith to be contete

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. 7 For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. 8 Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. 9 For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes, and be content with that ye haue allready, for he hath sayde: I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the, 6 so that we maye boldely saye: The LORDE is my helper, and I wyl not feare what man maye do vnto me.
  • Matt 6:31-34 : 31 Therfore take no thought, sayinge: what shall we eate, or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed? 32 After all soch thynges do the heithen seke. For youre heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. 33 Seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes therof, so shal all these thynges be ministred vnto you. 34 Care not then for the morow, for the morow shall care for it self: Euery daye hath ynough of his owne trauayll.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ,
  • 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 God is able to make you riche in all grace, yt ye in all thinges hauynge sufficiet to the vttemost, maye be riche to all maner of good workes.
  • 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 in laboure & trauayle, in moch watchinges, in honger and thyrst, in moch fastinges in colde and nakednesse:
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For ye haue suffred with my bodes, and toke a worth ye spoylinge of youre goodes, and that with gladnes, knowynge in youre selues, how that ye haue in heauen a better & an enduringe substaunce.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorowynge, and yet allwaye mery: as poore, & yet make many riche: as hauynge nothinge, & yet possessynge all thinges.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes he became poore, yt ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 Then ye soudyours axed him likewyse, and sayde: What shal we do then? And he sayde vnto the: Do no man violence ner wronge, and be content with youre wages.
  • 1 Cor 4:11-12 : 11 Euen vnto this daye we hoger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted with fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place, 12 and laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it:
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 And Iacob made a vowe, and sayde: Yf God wyll be with me, and kepe me in this iourney yt I go & geue me bred to eate, and clothinge to put on,
  • Exod 2:21 : 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gaue Moses his doughter Zipora,