Daily Scripture Contentment, Single-Mindedness, and Peace: Part 1

I shall not covet my neighbor’s house, my neighbor’s wife, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to my neighbor.  (Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21)

This is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.  (Psalm 118:24)

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.  (Proverbs 14:30)

Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.  (Proverbs 15:16)

Better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.  (Proverbs 16:8)

Better is a dry crust with quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.  (Proverbs 17:1)

I will not wear myself out to get rich; I will have the understanding to cease.  I will not set my desire on what flies away, for wealth surely sprouts wings and flies into the heavens like an eagle.  (Proverbs 23:4-5)

Everyone who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.  (Ecclesiastes 3:13)

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves abundance, with its increase.  (Ecclesiastes 5:10)

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.  Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.  (Matthew 5:8-9)