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 that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth;

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouts of joy.

These things I have spoken unto you that my joy may abide in you and that your joy might be fulfilled.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

¶ A joyful heart makes a beautiful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is abated.

Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter and our tongue with singing; then they shall say among the Gentiles, The Lord has done great things with them.

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

Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice.

Strength and glory is her clothing, and she shall laugh in the last day.

The statutes 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; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him.

For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Then Sarah said, God has made me to laugh so that all that hear will laugh with me.

¶ Always rejoice.Pray without ceasing.In every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;

¶ Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous, for to the upright praise is beautiful.

The laughter of the fool is as the crackling of thorns under a pot, and this also (the laughter or prosperity of the fool) is vanity.

They looked unto him and were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed.

In the same manner delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted against me? Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him for the wellbeing of his presence.

Restore unto me the joy of thy saving health, and thy spirit of liberty shall uphold me.

But the righteous shall be glad; they shall rejoice before God; they shall dance with joy.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee, and let such as love thy saving health say continually, Let God be magnified.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy, and we shall sing and be glad all our days.

For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work; I will delight in the works of thy hands.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.

¶ O come, let us bring joy unto the Lord; let us sing with joy unto the rock of our saving health.Forty years long I was grieved with this generation and said, It is a people that err from the heart, who have not known my ways;unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and sing unto him with joy.

Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

¶ Sing with joy unto the Lord, all the earth; lift up thy voice and rejoice and sing praises.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with joy.

Those that sow with tears shall reap with joy.He that goes forth and weeps, bearing the precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

¶ Blessed is every one that fears the Lord, that walks in his ways.When thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Blessed is that people, that is in such a case; yea, blessed is that people, whose God is the Lord.

¶ Blessed is the man that has found wisdom and who brings to light intelligence,

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

¶ Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.

¶ The light of the righteous shall rejoice: but the fire of the wicked shall be put out.

¶ Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

¶ A sound heart is life to the flesh, but envy is rottenness of the bones.

¶ All the days of the poor are difficult, but he that is of a good heart has a continual feast.

¶ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones fat.

¶ He who has understanding in the word shall find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

¶ A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

¶ It is joy to the just to do judgment, but it shall be destruction to the workers of iniquity.

For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I have learned that there is nothing better for them, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour; it is the gift of God.

Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Likewise, unto every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, he has also given him power to eat thereof and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

In the day of good enjoy that which is good, but in the day of adversity open your eyes and learn: God also has made the one (the day of adversity) before the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Go, eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a joyful heart that thy works might be acceptable unto God.

Behold, O God my saving health, I will trust and not be afraid for JAH, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he also is become saving health unto me.Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of saving health.

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

Therefore the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be returned with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

to order in Zion those that mourn, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

But ye shall be glad and rejoice from age to age in the things which I shall create; for, behold, I create joy unto Jerusalem and unto her people joy.And I will be glad with Jerusalem and rejoice with my people: and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Thy words were found, and I ate them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for thy name was called upon me, O Lord God of the hosts.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

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

¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.But thou, when thou dost fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy facethat thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who sees in secret, shall reward thee openly.

And, behold, they brought him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the paralyzed man, Trust, son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy and ran to bring his disciples word.

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saving Health,

Blessed are those that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed are those that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject unto you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.

I say unto you that likewise there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety-nine just persons, who need no repentance.

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, and the world shall rejoice; but even though ye shall be sorrowful, your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and no one shall take your joy from you.

And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

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

by whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand and glory in hope of the glory of the sons of God.Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,so that in the same manner as sin has reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus, the Christ, our Lord.And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience;

rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, constant in prayer,

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

¶ And believing, the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace that ye may abound in hope by the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you; I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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

For the same cause ye also have joy and rejoice with me.

¶ It remains, my brethren, that ye rejoice in the Lord. It does not bother me to write the same things to you, and for you it is safe.

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness,

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you in abundance in all wisdom, teaching you and exhorting you one to another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with grace singing in your hearts unto the Lord.

¶ And ye were made imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word with much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit:

¶ Always rejoice.

greatly desiring to see thee (being mindful of thy tears), that I may be filled with joy,

with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross,{Gr. stauros-stake} despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

¶ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverse trials,for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.So then, leave all uncleanness and remains of malice and receive with meekness the word ingested within you, which is able to cause your souls to be saved.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.For if anyone hears the word and does not put it into practice, this same is like unto the man beholding his natural face in a mirror:For he considered himself and went his way and in one hour forgot what he was like.But whosoever has looked attentively into the perfect law of liberty and has persevered in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, the same shall be blessed in their deed.If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep thyself unspotted from this world.knowing that the proving of your faith works patience,

Is anyone among you afflicted? let them pray. Is anyone happy? let them sing.

whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of the afflictions of the Christ, so that also in the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice in triumph.

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be fulfilled.

And all those that put their trust in thee shall rejoice: they shall ever be in jubilee, for thou shalt cover them; and all that love thy name shall be joyful in thee.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous, and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

¶ The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

¶ Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.

Let Israel rejoice with his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful with their King.

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

Therefore I commended joy because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be merry, for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

As thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee as they rejoice in the harvest and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, exercise yourselves in these things.

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