People read many verses from the Bible to get knowledge and peace, or to find comfort and strength in hard times. Some of these texts talk about happiness and can help people have a positive mindset. One way to add more happy times to your life is to read and write about happy and positive things.
You can start by reading a number of these Bible verses.
Bible Verses About Happiness Part I
1. Psalm 144:15, NKJV
“Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!”
2. Psalm 30:5, NLV
“For His anger lasts only a short time. But His favor is for life. Crying may last for a night, but joy comes with the new day.”
3. 1 Timothy 6:6, CEB
“Actually, godliness is a great source of profit when it is combined with being happy with what you already have.”
4. Psalm 16:11, ESV
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
5. John 15:9-11, NASB
“Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.”
6. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, GNT
“So I realized that all we can do is be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive. All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God’s gift.”
Bible Verses About Happiness Part II
7. Psalm 19:8, CEV
“The Lord’s instruction is right; it makes our hearts glad. His commands shine brightly, and they give us light.”
8. Galatians 5:22-23, NIV
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
9. Psalm 16:8-9, NLT
“I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety.”
10. Psalm 68:3, NLT
“But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy.”
11. Ecclesiastes 2:26, NIV
“To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
