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 is sitting in the heavens laughs, יהוה mocks at them.

This is the day יהוה has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

At destruction and at starvation you laugh, and you have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

While He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing,

These words I have spoken to you, so that My joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete.

You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.

A glad heart makes good a face, But by sorrow of heart the spirit is stricken.

Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing, Then shall they say among the nations, “יהוה has done great deeds for them.”

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

Rejoice in יהוה always, again I say, rejoice!

Strength and splendour are her garments, And she rejoices in time to come.

The orders of יהוה are straight, rejoicing the heart; The command of יהוה is clear, enlightening the eyes;

יהוה is my strength, and my shield; My heart has trusted in Him, and I have been helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I thank Him.

For His displeasure is for a moment, His delight is for life; Weeping might last for the night, But joy comes in the morning.

And Sarah said, “Elohim has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of it laughs with me.”

Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,in all circumstances give thanks, for this is the desire of Elohim in Messiah יהושע for you.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have torn off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Shout for joy in יהוה, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the straight!

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool. That too is futile.

Hĕ They looked to Him and were lightened, Waw And their faces were not ashamed.

And delight yourself in יהוה, And let Him give you the desires of your heart.

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, For the deliverance of His face!

Restore to me the joy of Your deliverance, And uphold me, Noble Spirit!

But the righteous are glad, They exult before Elohim. And they rejoice with gladness.

Let all those who seek You Rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your deliverance always say, “Let Elohim be made great!”

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving-commitment, And let us sing for joy all our days!

For You have made me rejoice with Your work, O יהוה, I shout for joy at the works of Your hands.

When anxiety was great within me, Your comforts delighted my being.

Come, let us sing to יהוה! Let us raise a shout to the Rock of our deliverance.For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘They are a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’As I swore in My wrath, ‘If they enter into My rest...’Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; Let us raise a shout to Him in song.

Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.Rejoice in יהוה, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His Set-apartness.

Raise a shout to יהוה, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.

Serve יהוה with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

Those sowing in tears, shall reap with songs of joy.He who goes on and weeps, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall indeed come in with rejoicing, Bearing his sheaves.

Blessed are all who fear יהוה, Who walk in His ways.You shall eat the labour of your hands. Be blessed, and let it be well with you.

Blessed are the people who have it so; Blessed are the people whose Elohim is יהוה!

Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the man who gets understanding;

The righteous look forward to joy, But the expectancy of the wrong ones perish.

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes him glad.

The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wrong is put out.

Even in laughter the heart is in pain, And the end of that joy is heaviness.

A healthy heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, But gladness of heart is a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, A good report gives marrow to the bones.

He who acts wisely concerning the Word finds good, And blessed is he who trusts in יהוה.

A rejoicing heart causes good healing, But a stricken spirit dries the bones.

To do right-ruling is joy to the righteous, But ruin to the workers of wickedness.

For He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His eyes. But to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, to give to him who is good before Elohim. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

I know that there is no good for them but to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is a gift of Elohim.

So I saw that man could do no better but to rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who would bring him to see what shall be after him?

Further, when Elohim has given any man riches and wealth, and permitted him to enjoy them, and to receive his portion and rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of Elohim.

Be glad in the day of prosperity, but in the evil day take note that Elohim has also appointed the one as well as the other, so that man should not uncover whatever shall be after him.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart; for Elohim has already approved your works.

“See, Ěl is my deliverance, I trust and am not afraid. For Yah, יהוה, is my strength and my song; and He has become my deliverance.”And you shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.

And the ransomed of יהוה shall return and enter Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And let the ransomed of יהוה return. And they shall come to Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. Let them attain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

“For with joy you go out, and with peace you are brought in – the mountains and the hills break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field clap the hands.

to appoint unto those who mourn in Tsiyon: to give them embellishment for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And they shall be called trees of righteousness, a planting of יהוה, to be adorned.

“But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for look, I create Yerushalayim a rejoicing, and her people a joy.“And I shall rejoice in Yerushalayim, and shall joy in My people, and let the voice of weeping no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. For Your Name is called on me, O יהוה Elohim of hosts.

“Then shall a maiden rejoice in a dance, and young men and old, together. And I shall turn their mourning to joy, and shall comfort them, and shall make them rejoice from their sorrow,

“יהוה your Elohim in your midst, is mighty to save. He rejoices over you with joy, He is silent in His love, He rejoices over you with singing.”

Rejoice and be glad, because your reward in the heavens is great. For in this way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“And when you fast, do not be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that they appear to be fasting to men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.

And see, they were bringing to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. And יהושע, seeing their belief, said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son, your sins have been forgiven.”

And his master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ ”

And they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His taught ones.

and my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Saviour.

“Blessed are you who hunger now, because you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, because you shall laugh.

“But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”

“I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous ones who need no repentance.

I say to you, in the same way there is joy in the presence of the messengers of Elohim over one sinner repenting.

“Truly, truly, I say to you that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. And you shall be grieved, but your grief shall become joy.

“And you, therefore, have grief now, but I shall see you again and your heart shall rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you.

“And now I come to You. And I speak these words in the world, so that they have My joy completed in them.

‘You have made known to me the ways of life, You shall fill me with joy in Your presence.’

And the taught ones were filled with joy and the Set-apart Spirit.

through whom also we have access by belief into this favour in which we stand, and we exult in the expectation of the esteem of Elohim.And the Torah came in beside, so that the trespass would increase. But where sin increased, favour increased still more,so that as sin did reign in death, even so favour might reign through righteousness to everlasting life through יהושע Messiah our Master.And not only this, but we also exult in pressures, knowing that pressure works endurance;

rejoicing in the expectancy, enduring under pressure, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.

And the Elohim of expectation fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you overflow with expectation by the power of the Set-apart Spirit.

does not rejoice over the unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth,

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I have been filled with encouragement, I overflow with joy in all our pressure.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy,

So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

For the rest, my brothers, rejoice in יהוה. To write the same matters to you is truly no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

And the peace of Elohim, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and minds through Messiah יהושע.

being empowered with all power, according to the might of His esteem, for all endurance and patience with joy,

Let the Word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing with pleasure in your hearts to the Master in psalms and songs of praise and spiritual songs.

And you became imitators of us and of the Master, having received the word in much pressure, with joy of the Set-apart Spirit,

Rejoice always,

longing to see you, as I remember your tears, so that I might be filled with joy.

looking to the Prince and Perfecter of our belief, יהושע, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the stake, having despised the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of Elohim.Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your lives.And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.Because 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 he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like.But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah.If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is worthless.Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.knowing that the proving of your belief works endurance.

Is any of you suffering evil? Let him pray. Is anyone in good spirits? Let him sing psalms.

whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,

but as you share Messiah’s sufferings, rejoice, in order that you might rejoice exultingly at the revelation of His esteem.

And we write this to you in order that your joy might be complete.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; Let them ever shout for joy, because You shelter them; And let those who love Your Name exult in You.

Be glad in יהוה and exult, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

יהוה shall reign. The earth rejoices. Many isles are glad!

Praise Yah! Oh, give thanks to יהוה, For He is good! For His loving-commitment is everlasting.

Let Yisra’ĕl rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Tsiyon exult in their Sovereign.

An evil man is ensnared by transgression, But the righteous sings and rejoices.

Therefore I praised enjoyment, because there is no good to man except to eat, and to drink, and to rejoice – and it remains with him in his labour for the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.

You shall increase the nation; You shall make its joy great. They shall rejoice before You, as in the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

For the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is righteous, whatever is clean, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any uprightness and if there is any praise – think on these.

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