100 Bible Verses About Satisfaction
Bible verses about Satisfaction
True satisfaction transcends fleeting pleasures and worldly possessions. Scripture reveals that lasting contentment is found not in what we acquire, but in our relationship with God. Exploring Bible verses about satisfaction unveils a path towards recognizing God's provision and trusting in His perfect plan for our lives. These verses illuminate the difference between temporary gratification and genuine, soul-deep fulfillment. By understanding satisfaction through the lens of faith, we can learn to cultivate gratitude, find peace in every circumstance, and ultimately discover the abundant life promised in Christ. Let scripture guide you toward a life defined not by want, but by unwavering joy in His presence.
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Isaiah 48:15 (KJV)
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Find True Satisfaction: Bible Verses & Meaning
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son.
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.
But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
In conclusion, the Bible offers profound insight into true satisfaction, repeatedly pointing beyond fleeting worldly pleasures to the enduring fulfillment found in a relationship with God. Whether it's the psalmist's contentment in God's presence, Jesus' promise of living water that quenches all thirst, or Paul's secret of finding abundance in any circumstance through Christ, the message is clear: lasting satisfaction is not achieved through material possessions or external validation but through a deep, abiding connection with the divine. These verses invite us to reflect on our own sources of contentment, challenging us to examine whether we're truly seeking satisfaction in things that last. Let us strive to cultivate a heart that finds its ultimate joy and fulfillment in God, trusting that He alone can truly satisfy our deepest longings and provide lasting peace.