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 dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

This is the day that Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,

I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

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

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth at the coming day.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

And Sarah said, God has made me laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.

rejoice always;pray unceasingly;in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded.

and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God for I shall yet praise him, for the health of his countenance.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.

But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.

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

Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

Come, let us sing aloud to Jehovah, let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation;Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.Let us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms.

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.Rejoice in Jehovah, ye righteous; and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.

Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.

Serve Jehovah with joy: come before his presence with exultation.

They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing:He goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for scattering; he cometh again with rejoicing, bearing his sheaves.

Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!

Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.

That which enlighteneth the eyes rejoiceth the heart; good tidings make the bones fat.

He that giveth heed to the word shall find good; and whoso confideth in Jehovah, happy is he.

A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God

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

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God

In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Behold, ·God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.And with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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

So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth 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 appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.And I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and will joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

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

Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing.

Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Be of good courage, child; thy sins are forgiven.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.

And going out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to bring his disciples word.

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.

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

Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.

I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.

Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.

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

And now I come to thee. And these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.

Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.

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

by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;

As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering:

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

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,

Great is my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

constantly in my every supplication, making the supplication for you all with joy,

In like manner do ye also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

For the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord: to write the same things to you, to me is not irksome, and for you safe.

and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus.

strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

and ye became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,

rejoice always;

earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.For if any man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.But he that fixes his view on the perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in it, being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his doing.If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory,

but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.

And these things write we to you that your joy may be full.

And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.

Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice.

Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

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

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

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man 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 hath given him under the sun.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things areof good report; if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things.

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