Hebrews 13:5 (DRB)

Passage

Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bands, as if you were bound with them: and them that labour, as being yourselves also in the body.

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

Hebrews 13:6 So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.

Hebrews 13:7 Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "manners", "without", "covetousness", "contented", "such", "things", "hath", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "manners" and "without", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Marriage honourable in all and the bed..." into verse 6's "So that we may confidently say The...", so "manners" and "without" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "manners" and "without" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.