37 Bible Verses about Happiness

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

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

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

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

Whoever gives thought to the wordwill discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

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

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

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

Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague.

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp. This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

"There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree. But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.

But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?

and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

Therefore he sacrifices to his net and makes offerings to his dragnet; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.

They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.

They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.

"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!

"Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! read more.
Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.

On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. And the people were shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!" Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.

He brings all of them up with a hook; he drags them out with his net; he gathers them in his dragnet; so he rejoices and is glad.

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

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague.

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,