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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.
“You will be able to laugh at destruction and starvation, so do not be afraid of wild animals on the earth.
I have told you this so that you will be as joyful as I am, and your joy will be complete.
You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. Pleasures are by your side forever.
Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with joyful songs. Then the nations said, “The Lord has done spectacular things for them.”
The instructions of the Lord are correct. They make the heart rejoice. The command of the Lord is radiant. It makes the eyes shine.
The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted him, so I received help. My heart is triumphant; I give thanks to him with my song.
His anger lasts only a moment. His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may last for the night, but there is a song of joy in the morning.
Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.
Always be joyful.Never stop praying.Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus that you do this.
You have changed my sobbing into dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy
Joyfully sing to the Lord, you righteous people. Praising ⌞the Lord⌟ is proper for decent people.
The laughter of a fool is like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot. Even this is pointless.
Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and provide me with a spirit of willing obedience.
But let righteous people rejoice. Let them celebrate in God’s presence. Let them overflow with joy.
Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad because of you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “God is great!”
Satisfy us every morning with your mercy so that we may sing joyfully and rejoice all our days.
You made me find joy in what you have done, O Lord. I will sing joyfully about the works of your hands.
Come, let’s sing joyfully to the Lord. Let’s shout happily to the rock of our salvation.For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. So I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. They have not learned my ways.’That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest!’ ”Let’s come into his presence with a song of thanksgiving. Let’s shout happily to him with psalms.
Light dawns for righteous people and joy for those whose motives are decent.Find joy in the Lord, you righteous people. Give thanks to him as you remember how holy he is.
Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.
Blessed are all who fear the Lord and live his way.You will certainly eat what your own hands have provided. Blessings to you! May things go well for you!
Blessed are the people who have these blessings! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
The hope of righteous people ⌞leads to⌟ joy, but the eager waiting of wicked people comes to nothing.
The light of righteous people beams brightly, but the lamp of wicked people will be snuffed out.
Every day is a terrible day for a miserable person, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Whoever gives attention to the Lord’s word prospers, and blessed is the person who trusts the Lord.
When justice is done, a righteous person is delighted, but troublemakers are terrified.
God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting ⌞wealth⌟. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.
I realize that there’s nothing better for them to do than to be cheerful and enjoy what is good in their lives.It is a gift from God to be able to eat and drink and experience the good that comes from every kind of hard work.
I saw that there’s nothing better for people to do than to enjoy their work because that is their lot ⌞in life⌟. Who will allow them to see what will happen after them?
It is a gift from God when God gives some people wealth and possessions, the power to enjoy them, ⌞the ability⌟ to accept their lot in life, and ⌞the ability⌟ to rejoice in their own hard work.
When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future.
Go, enjoy eating your food, and drink your wine cheerfully, because God has already accepted what you’ve done.
Look! God is my Savior. I am confident and unafraid, because the Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior.”With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation.
The people ransomed by the Lord will return. They will come to Zion singing with joy. Everlasting happiness will be on their heads ⌞as a crown⌟. They will be glad and joyful. They will have no sorrow or grief.
The people ransomed by the Lord will return. They will come to Zion singing with joy. Everlasting happiness will be on their heads ⌞as a crown⌟. They will be glad and joyful. They will have no sorrow or grief.
You will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break into songs of joy in your presence, and all the trees will clap their hands.
⌞He has sent me⌟ to provide for all those who grieve in Zion, to give them crowns instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of ⌞tears of⌟ grief, and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, the Plantings of the Lord, so that he might display his glory.
Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I’m going to create, because I’m going to create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people to be a joy.I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people. Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city.
Your words were found, and I devoured them. Your words are my joy and my heart’s delight, because I am called by your name, O Lord God of Armies.
Then young women will rejoice and dance along with young men and old men. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them. I will give them joy in place of their sorrow.
The Lord your God is with you. He is a hero who saves you. He happily rejoices over you, renews you with his love, and celebrates over you with shouts of joy.
Rejoice and be glad because you have a great reward in heaven! The prophets who lived before you were persecuted in these ways.
“When you fast, stop looking sad like hypocrites. They put on sad faces to make it obvious that they’re fasting. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward.When you fast, wash your face and comb your hair.Then your fasting won’t be obvious. Instead, it will be obvious to your Father who is with you in private. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.
Some people brought him a paralyzed man on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Cheer up, friend! Your sins are forgiven.”
“His master replied, ‘Good job! You’re a good and faithful servant! You proved that you could be trusted with a small amount. I will put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master’s happiness.’
Blessed are those who are hungry. They will be satisfied. Blessed are those who are crying. They will laugh.
However, don’t be happy that evil spirits obey you. Be happy that your names are written in heaven.”
I can guarantee that there will be more happiness in heaven over one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts than over 99 people who already have turned to God and have his approval.”
So I can guarantee that God’s angels are happy about one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts.”
I can guarantee this truth: You will cry because you are sad, but the world will be happy. You will feel pain, but your pain will turn to happiness.
“Now you’re in a painful situation. But I will see you again. Then you will be happy, and no one will take that happiness away from you.
“But now, ⌞Father,⌟ I’m coming back to you. I say these things while I’m still in the world so that they will have the same joy that I have.
Through Christ we can approach God and stand in his favor. So we brag because of our confidence that we will receive glory from God.The laws in Moses’ Teachings were added to increase the failure. But where sin increased, God’s kindness increased even more.As sin ruled by bringing death, God’s kindness would rule by bringing us his approval. This results in our living forever because of Jesus Christ our Lord.But that’s not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance,
God’s kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God’s kingdom consists of God’s approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in him. Then you will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I have great confidence in you, and I have a lot of reasons to be proud of you. Even as we suffer, I’m encouraged and feel very happy.
But the spiritual nature produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. There are no laws against things like that.
Now then, brothers and sisters, be joyful in the Lord. It’s no trouble for me to write the same things to you, and it’s for your safety.
Then God’s peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus.
We ask him to strengthen you by his glorious might with all the power you need to patiently endure everything with joy.
Let Christ’s word with all its wisdom and richness live in you. Use psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to teach and instruct yourselves about ⌞God’s⌟ kindness. Sing to God in your hearts.
You imitated us and the Lord. In spite of a lot of suffering, you welcomed God’s word with the kind of joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.
My brothers and sisters, be very happy when you are tested in different ways.An angry person doesn’t do what God approves of.So get rid of all immoral behavior and all the wicked things you do. Humbly accept the word that God has placed in you. This word can save you.Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves.If someone listens to God’s word but doesn’t do what it says, he is like a person who looks at his face in a mirror,studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.However, the person who continues to study God’s perfect laws that make people free and who remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don’t merely listen and forget; they actually do what God’s laws say.If a person thinks that he is religious but can’t control his tongue, he is fooling himself. That person’s religion is worthless.Pure, unstained religion, according to God our Father, is to take care of orphans and widows when they suffer and to remain uncorrupted by this world.You know that such testing of your faith produces endurance.
Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You don’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and praise that can hardly be expressed in words
but be happy as you share Christ’s sufferings. Then you will also be full of joy when he appears again in his glory.
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them sing with joy forever. Protect them, and let those who love your name triumph in you.
Be glad and find joy in the Lord, you righteous people. Sing with joy, all whose motives are decent.
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
To an evil person sin is bait in a trap, but a righteous person runs away from it and is glad.
So I recommend the enjoyment ⌞of life⌟. People have nothing better to do under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy themselves. This joy will stay with them while they work hard during their brief lives which God has given them under the sun.
You will expand the nation and increase its happiness. It will be happy in your presence like those who celebrate the harvest or rejoice when dividing loot.
Finally, brothers and sisters, keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable.