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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!
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O Lord God of Hosts.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!The Lord has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the Lord, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—Bless the Lord, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.Bless the Lord, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways!For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard 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 so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.