105 Bible verses about Happiness

You should never doubt God's infinite goodness. Trust completely in His love and care, even when things get tough. In those moments, you can find refuge in Him and His protection.

Some folks picture God as sad, angry, or indifferent, but the truth is, He is majestic and overflowing with joy. His happiness doesn't depend on anything or anyone, and He's the only one who can truly give it to us.

Your happiness comes from God. Let's face it, there will always be reasons to cry, suffer, and feel discouraged. Yet, He's promised to be with us always, to the very end. As Jesus said, "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20).

Happiness in God isn't just a feeling; it's about being accepted by Him, having a clean heart, and being free in His presence. Let's celebrate that amazing truth!

“For you will go out with gladness And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

This is the day which Yahweh has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, And in His law he meditates day and night.

And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

And these things we are writing, so that our joy may be made complete.

You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound.

For our heart is glad in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

¶But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You.

The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.

Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your words became for me joy and gladness in my heart, For I have been called by Your name, O Yahweh God of hosts.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

¶Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion! Make a loud shout, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Yahweh has taken away His judgments against you; He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in your midst; You will fear evil no more.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be humiliated.

¶O taste and see that Yahweh is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

“I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my inner being.”

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; And let them rejoice with gladness.

For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk blamelessly.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For You, O Yahweh, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.

Light is sown for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart.

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones, And give thanks for the remembrance of His holy name.

Make a loud shout to Yahweh, all the earth.

Serve Yahweh with gladness; Come before Him with joyful songs.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;

Bless Yahweh, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!

Bless Yahweh, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will.

Bless Yahweh, all you works of His, In all places of His rule; Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;

Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Praise Yah! How blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with shouts of joy; Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

Yahweh has done great things for us; We are glad.

How blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in His ways.

When you shall eat of the fruit of the labor of your hands, How blessed will you be and how well will it be for you.

How blessed are the people for whom this is so; How blessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!

¶How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who obtains discernment.

The expectation of the righteous is gladness, But the hope of the wicked will perish.

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have gladness.

The light of the righteous is glad, But the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.

A glad heart makes a face look good, But when the heart is pained, the spirit is broken.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, But a good heart has a continual feast.

Bright eyes gladden the heart; A good report puts fat on the bones.

He who considers the word will find good, And how blessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.

A glad heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

To do justice is pleasure for the righteous, But is ruin to the workers of iniquity.

How blessed is the man who is always in dread, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Where there is no vision, the people are out of control, But how blessed is he who keeps the law.

For to a man who is good before Him, He has given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, while to the sinner He has given the endeavor of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good before God. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to do good in one’s lifetime;

moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to take up his portion and be glad in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Do not be hasty with your mouth or impulsive in your heart to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven but you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.

For he will not remember much the days of his life because God allows him to occupy himself with the gladness of his heart.

Go then, eat your bread in gladness and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

And the ransomed of Yahweh will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting gladness upon their heads. They will attain delight and gladness, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

So the ransomed of Yahweh will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And everlasting gladness will be on their heads. They will obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a headdress instead of ashes, The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.

“But be joyful and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for joy.

“I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

“Then the virgin will be glad in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

“Yahweh your God is in your midst, A mighty one who will save. He will be joyful over you with gladness; He will be quiet in His love; He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will cry and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

Therefore you too have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

Now the Law came in so that the transgression would increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance;

rejoicing in hope, persevering in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Great is my boldness toward you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I have been filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,

fulfill my joy, that you think the same way, by maintaining the same love, being united in spirit, thinking on one purpose,

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

And you also, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratefulness in your hearts to God.

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Rejoice always;

longing to see you, having remembered your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

Therefore, laying aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in gentleness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

But become doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

for once he looked at himself and has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was.

But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance.

Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.

And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

But to the degree you are sharing the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in Yahweh his God,

By transgression an evil man is ensnared, But the righteous sings with joy and is glad.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

You shall multiply the nation, You shall make great their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made complete.

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

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