HAPPINESS

Passages on this topic · 105

• Numbers 11:33

  While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.

• Deuteronomy 33:29

  You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

• Esther 5:9

  Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

• Esther 5:10

  Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

• Esther 5:11

  Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

• Esther 5:13

  Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

• Job 5:17

  “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

• Job 5:18

  For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

• Job 5:19

  He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.

• Job 5:20

  In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

• Job 5:21

  You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

• Job 5:22

  At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

• Job 5:23

  For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

• Job 5:24

  You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

• Job 5:25

  You shall know also that your offspring shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

• Job 5:26

  You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

• Job 5:27

  Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

• Job 15:21

  A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

• Job 20:5

  that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

• Job 21:7

  “Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

• Job 21:12

  They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

• Job 21:13

  They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

• Psalms 17:14

  from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

• Psalms 36:8

  They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

• Psalms 37:1

  By David. Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

• Psalms 37:3

  Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

• Psalms 37:4

  Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

• Psalms 37:7

  Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

• Psalms 37:35

  I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

• Psalms 37:36

  But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

• Psalms 40:8

  I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

• Psalms 52:7

  “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

• Psalms 63:5

  My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

• Psalms 73:3

  For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

• Psalms 73:16

  When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

• Psalms 73:17

  Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

• Psalms 73:18

  Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

• Psalms 73:19

  How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

• Psalms 73:20

  As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

• Psalms 128:1

  A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

• Psalms 128:2

  For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

• Psalms 133:1

  A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

• Psalms 144:15

  Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

• Psalms 146:5

  Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

• Proverbs 3:13

  Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

• Proverbs 3:14

  For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

• Proverbs 3:15

  She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

• Proverbs 3:16

  Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

• Proverbs 3:17

  Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

• Proverbs 3:18

  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

• Proverbs 14:13

  Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

• Proverbs 14:21

  He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

• Proverbs 16:20

  He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

• Proverbs 28:14

  Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

• Proverbs 29:18

  Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

• Ecclesiastes 2:1

  I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.

• Ecclesiastes 2:24

  There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

• Ecclesiastes 2:25

  For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

• Ecclesiastes 2:26

  For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

• Ecclesiastes 3:12

  I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

• Ecclesiastes 3:13

  Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

• Ecclesiastes 3:22

  Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

• Ecclesiastes 7:6

  For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

• Isaiah 5:11

  Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

• Isaiah 5:12

  The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

• Isaiah 12:2

  Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

• Isaiah 12:3

  Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

• Isaiah 22:12

  In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

• Isaiah 22:13

  and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

• Isaiah 56:12

  “Come,” say they, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”

• Jeremiah 12:1

  You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

• Jeremiah 25:10

  Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

• Jeremiah 25:11

  This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

• Daniel 5:1

  Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

• Amos 6:1

  Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

• Habakkuk 1:13

  You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

• Habakkuk 1:15

  He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

• Habakkuk 1:16

  Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

• Matthew 5:3

  “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

• Matthew 5:4

  Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

• Matthew 5:5

  Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

• Matthew 5:6

  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

• Matthew 5:7

  Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

• Matthew 5:8

  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

• Matthew 5:9

  Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

• Matthew 5:10

  Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

• Matthew 5:11

  “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

• Matthew 5:12

  Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

• Luke 6:25

  Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

• Luke 12:16

  He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

• Luke 12:17

  He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

• Luke 12:18

  He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

• Luke 12:19

  I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’

• Luke 12:20

  “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared — whose will they be?’

• Luke 16:19

  “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

• Luke 16:25

  “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

• Acts 12:21

  On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

• Acts 12:22

  The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

• Acts 12:23

  Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

• Romans 5:2

  through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

• 2 Corinthians 12:10

  Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

• Philippians 4:7

  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

• 1 Peter 3:14

  But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

• 1 Peter 4:12

  Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

• 1 Peter 4:13

  But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.