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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.
These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
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; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart triumphs, And with my song I shall thank Him.
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,
For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility.
¶Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God.
But the righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God; Yes, they will rejoice with gladness.
¶May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And may those who love Your salvation say continually, “May God be exalted!”
Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness, That we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days.
For You, Lord, have made me joyful by what You have done, I will sing for joy over the works of Your hands.
Come, let’s sing for joy to the Lord, Let’s shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.“For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.“Therefore I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest.”Let’s come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving, Let’s shout joyfully to Him in songs with instruments.
Light is sown like seed for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.Be joyful in the Lord, you righteous ones, And praise the mention of His holy name.
¶Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.
Those who sow in tears shall harvest with joyful shouting.One who goes here and there weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, You will be happy and it will go well for you.
Blessed are the people who are so situated; Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
One who pays attention to the word will find good, And blessed is one who trusts in the Lord.
The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, But terror to those who practice injustice.
For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is futility and striving after wind.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
I have seen that nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?
Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to enjoy them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him.
Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.
And the redeemed of the Lord will return And come to Zion with joyful shouting, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
And the redeemed of the Lord will return And come to Zion with joyful shouting, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
“For you will go out with joy And be led in peace; The mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. 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 behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.“I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.
Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, Lord God of armies.
“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old together; For I will turn their mourning into joy And comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.
“The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will rejoice over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
“Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that your fasting will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
And they brought to Him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man who was paralyzed, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’
And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples.
Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy!
Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.
But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’
through whom we also have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we celebrate in hope of the glory of God.The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
My confidence in you is great; my boasting in your behalf is great. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all perseverance and patience; joyously
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does. If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.
and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that at the revelation of His glory you may also rejoice and be overjoyed.
¶But rejoice, all who take refuge in You, Sing for joy forever! And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting.
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
You will multiply the nation, You will increase their joy; They will rejoice in Your presence As with the joy of harvest, As people rejoice when they divide the spoils.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.