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 has 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 wild animals of the earth.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouts of joy.

I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was 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 clear, enlightening the eyes;

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

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

Now Sarah said, “God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with 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 my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous. Praise befits the upright.

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

Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.

Take delight 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 disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.

But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy.

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

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, so 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.

O 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 whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.”

Therefore in my anger I swore, “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 dawns 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.

Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing.

May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy.

Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.

Happy 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 happy, and it shall go well with you.

Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding,

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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

Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

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

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;

moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.

So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?

Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their 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 mortals may not find out anything that will come after them.

Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; 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 joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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

For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or 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 warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

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

“And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

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

And just then some people were carrying a paralyzed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

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

So they left the tomb quickly 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 will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit 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 in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.

So you have pain 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 I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete 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 filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

But law came in, with the result that the trespass multiplied; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but 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 you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

I often boast about you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction.

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you,

and in the same way you also must be glad and rejoice with me.

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.

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

May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,

Rejoice always,

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy,

for your anger does not produce God's righteousness.

Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.

But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror;

for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.

But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.

If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance;

Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.

Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.

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. Spread your protection over them, so 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 is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

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

Let Israel be glad in its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.

So I commend enjoyment, for there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat, and drink, and enjoy themselves, for this will go with them in their toil through the days of life that God gives them under the sun.

You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.

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

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