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Bible Verses About Being Happy
Find Bible verses about being happy — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about being happy?
The Bible addresses being happy with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Genesis 30:13
“Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.”
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Deuteronomy 32:31
“For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.”
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Philippians 1:6
“being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
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Psalms 139:13
“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.”
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Hebrews 2:18
“For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.”
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Proverbs 3:18
“She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.”
Proverbs 3:13
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.”
Job 5:17
“"Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.”
John 16:21
“A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the w...”
Luke 22:44
“Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.”
Luke 16:23
“In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.”
Luke 12:25
“Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?”
Luke 8:25
“He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"”
Psalms 78:38
“But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn't stir up all his wrath.”
2 Timothy 4:6
“For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.”
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Deuteronomy 33:29 — “You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword...”
Psalms 146:5 — “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:...”
Psalms 128:2 — “For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you....”
John 20:26 — “After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors be...”
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