'Cheerful' in the Bible

Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,

Jezebel his wife said to him, "Now, you {rule} over Israel. Get up, eat food, and let your heart be {cheerful}. I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."

If I were to say, "Let me forget my complaint,' change the expression on my face, and look cheerful,

Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.

Shout joyfully to Yahweh, all the earth. Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

All the days of the oppressed are miserable,but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

The queen entered the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Then all of them were encouraged and their spirits improved, and they also ate some food.

We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;

So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride and boasting on your behalf. I am filled [to the brim] with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in spite of all our trouble.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;