107 Bible verses about Smiling

Choosing to smile authentically, and even bringing a smile to someone else's face, can be a truly good thing, when the time and place are right. It's all about seeing a smile as something positive, a way to lift your own spirits and maybe even help someone else along the way.

Of course, too much of anything isn't good. There's a sweet spot between being overly serious and plastering on a fake smile. It's a balance where wisdom and joy, seriousness and a genuine smile can exist together beautifully. Everything has its time and place.

Laughter is an expression of the freedom Christ gave us through his loving sacrifice. And a heartfelt smile can be incredibly healing, especially for a hurting heart. Smiling through pain and rejoicing in your Creator – that’s what God wants for you, always.

I don't know what you're going through right now, but I want to encourage you to dry your tears, lift your head, and smile again. Because in Jesus, you have so much to be joyful about.

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

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

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.”

Rejoice always,

pray without ceasing,

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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

Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.”

Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter my rest.”

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

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

He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man.

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

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

“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

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

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

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

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

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

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

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

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

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,

Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

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

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

being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;

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

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Rejoice always,

As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

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

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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

For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

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

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!

An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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