13 Bible Verses about Merriness

A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. The heart of an intelligent man seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly. All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his habitations; and the city shall be built upon her own heap; and the palace shall be inhabited after the manner thereof. And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished; and I will honour them, and they shall not be small.

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

And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abim'elech.

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth.

and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,

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

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

If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

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

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.