49 Bible Verses about Joy And Happiness
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Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Your words were found and I ate them,
And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart;
For I have been called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.
Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.
For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done,
I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.
Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
Yet I will exult in the Lord,
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
Sorrow is better than laughter,
For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.
The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,
But is terror to the workers of iniquity.
Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Great is my confidence in you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.
“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;
For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified.”
They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
The hope of the righteous is gladness,
But the expectation of the wicked perishes.
You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.
“But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness.
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