'Cheerful' in the Bible
“Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
All the days of the afflicted are bad,But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved 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 says the Lord of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’