40 Bible Verses about Being Happy And Enjoying Life

Then I praised gladness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be glad; for that shall go with him of his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labor? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.

I know that there is no good in them, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.

Look on life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. For that is your share in this life, and in your labor which you labor under the sun.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers him in the joy of his heart.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now is pleased with your works.

Also every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Behold that which I have seen. it is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

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

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity take note that God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

Rejoice, in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.

Who is the man that desires life, and loves days, that he may see good?

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry.

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?

For by Me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

but if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is well with you.

Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

Then he said to them, Go eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD. And do not be sorry, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

They will not build, and another live in them; they will not plant, and another eat. For like the days of a tree are the days of My people, and My elect will long enjoy the work of their hands.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Look away from me, and I will smile before I go away and be no more.

I sought in my heart to drag my flesh with wine, yet leading my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, until I might see where the good for the sons of men might be, what they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

You will make Me know the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joys. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Yea, you shall see the sons of your sons. Peace be on Israel.

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.

Bread is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but silver answers all things.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore consider and behold goodness; this also is vanity.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also is for him no burial; I say, a miscarriage is better than he.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the things before will not be remembered, nor come to mind.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice!