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100 Bible Verses about Being Happy

Philippians 4:4 ESV / 849 helpful votes

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 831 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 16:11 ESV / 770 helpful votes

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

John 16:33 ESV / 756 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Psalm 144:15 ESV / 729 helpful votes

Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Romans 15:13 ESV / 650 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:20 ESV / 611 helpful votes

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 609 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 587 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 581 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Philippians 4:11-13 ESV / 576 helpful votes

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 572 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 563 helpful votes

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 558 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 536 helpful votes

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Psalm 126:5 ESV / 533 helpful votes

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 509 helpful votes

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Proverbs 29:18 ESV / 496 helpful votes

Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 495 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

2 Corinthians 12:10 ESV / 485 helpful votes

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 483 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 461 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 457 helpful votes

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Romans 5:2 ESV / 454 helpful votes

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

1 Peter 3:14 ESV / 453 helpful votes

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 453 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 5:13 ESV / 445 helpful votes

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Romans 12:15 ESV / 442 helpful votes

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Job 5:17 ESV / 441 helpful votes

“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

James 1:2-3 ESV / 423 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 ESV / 419 helpful votes

For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Isaiah 12:3 ESV / 418 helpful votes

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

1 Peter 4:13 ESV / 416 helpful votes

But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

John 3:16 ESV / 412 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 15:11 ESV / 392 helpful votes

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

Psalm 30:5 ESV / 387 helpful votes

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

John 14:6 ESV / 384 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 378 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Luke 23:43 ESV / 370 helpful votes

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Psalm 19:8 ESV / 370 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 359 helpful votes

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Proverbs 10:28 ESV / 358 helpful votes

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Isaiah 45:7 ESV / 354 helpful votes

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 ESV / 351 helpful votes

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 ESV / 350 helpful votes

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 348 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 344 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Ecclesiastes 7:14 ESV / 330 helpful votes

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 326 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 321 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 319 helpful votes

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

1 John 3:18 ESV / 314 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

John 10:10 ESV / 312 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 307 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Deuteronomy 33:29 ESV / 303 helpful votes

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.”

1 Timothy 6:6-8 ESV / 288 helpful votes

But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

Romans 14:17 ESV / 287 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 285 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

1 Chronicles 16:27 ESV / 281 helpful votes

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.

Matthew 25:21 ESV / 277 helpful votes

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Isaiah 49:13 ESV / 267 helpful votes

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.

Psalm 30:11 ESV / 255 helpful votes

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 254 helpful votes

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

John 16:22 ESV / 244 helpful votes

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Psalm 37:3 ESV / 243 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 3:22 ESV / 236 helpful votes

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 232 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 ESV / 227 helpful votes

Also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

2 Chronicles 9:7 ESV / 225 helpful votes

Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

Proverbs 14:13 ESV / 212 helpful votes

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Psalm 16:8-9 ESV / 206 helpful votes

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

Deuteronomy 24:5 ESV / 203 helpful votes

“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

1 Timothy 6:6 ESV / 199 helpful votes

But godliness with contentment is great gain,

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 199 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 193 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Matthew 5:6 ESV / 190 helpful votes

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

James 1:2-4 ESV / 189 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 186 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Matthew 25:23 ESV / 184 helpful votes

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Proverbs 3:13-18 ESV / 184 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ...

Proverbs 14:21 ESV / 180 helpful votes

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Proverbs 28:14 ESV / 176 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Psalm 146:5 ESV / 174 helpful votes

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Colossians 1:9-12 ESV / 165 helpful votes

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Psalm 1:6 ESV / 161 helpful votes

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 160 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 148 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Isaiah 61:10 ESV / 148 helpful votes

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 142 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Psalm 126:2 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

Romans 10:13 ESV / 136 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 133 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Romans 14:22 ESV / 131 helpful votes

The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.

1 Samuel 2:1 ESV / 130 helpful votes

And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

Isaiah 52:7 ESV / 129 helpful votes

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 129 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Proverbs 15:30 ESV / 123 helpful votes

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 121 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Lamentations 3:22 ESV / 121 helpful votes

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV / 119 helpful votes

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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