'Happy' in the Bible
Leah said, "How happy I am, for women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
They said, "We are happy to give you earrings." So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
But the grapevine said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!'
The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.
Hannah prayed, "My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted high because of the Lord. I loudly denounce my enemies, for I am happy that you delivered me.
They said to the messengers who had come, "Here's what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.'" When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy.
So all the people went to Gilgal, where they established Saul as king in the Lord's presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord's presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.
When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.
He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?"
The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.
When Hiram heard Solomon's message, he was very happy. He said, "The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation."
On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
His servants approached and said to him, "O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, "Wash and you will be healed."
Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, 'The Lord reigns!'
The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.
But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!
I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!
I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.
Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!
Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.
Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?
Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.
Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!"
All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.
Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.
I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!
But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.
May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"
Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!
Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!
For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.
Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!
The Lord reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice!
Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord.
Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.
He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!
This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it.
The Lord did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy.
for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"
I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.
The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.
You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel.
Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!
those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray."
But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.
Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!
When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.
I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.
"I, the Lord, say: 'You and your people are saying about this place, "It lies in ruins. There are no people or animals in it." That is true. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem will soon be desolate, uninhabited either by people or by animals. But happy sounds will again be heard in these places.
"People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.
You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, "Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?"
The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.
I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
"Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst," says the Lord.
"The Lord who rules over all says, 'The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.'
"All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land," says the Lord who rules over all.
So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!'"