Here are 63 Bible verses about joy and happiness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Romans 15:13 KJV
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 12:12 KJV
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Philippians 4:4 KJV
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
James 1:2 KJV
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Galatians 5:22 KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
John 16:24 KJV
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Psalms 16:11 KJV
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Proverbs 17:22 KJV
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
John 16:22 KJV
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
Romans 14:17 KJV
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 30:5 KJV
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
John 15:11 KJV
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Psalms 118:24 KJV
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
1 Peter 1:8 KJV
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Nehemiah 8:10 KJV
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
1 Peter 1:8-9 KJV
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
James 1:2-4 KJV
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Psalms 4:7 KJV
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Proverbs 10:28 KJV
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Psalms 71:23 KJV
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms 5:11 KJV
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Luke 15:10 KJV
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
James 1:2-3 KJV
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Romans 12:15 KJV
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Luke 6:23 KJV
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Psalms 51:8 KJV
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Proverbs 23:25 KJV
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Proverbs 24:17 KJV
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Psalms 118:15 KJV
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms 98:4 KJV
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Isaiah 65:18 KJV
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Proverbs 5:18 KJV
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Psalms 34:5 KJV
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psalms 92:4 KJV
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Psalms 70:4 KJV
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Psalms 19:8 KJV
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Luke 1:14 KJV
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Psalms 45:15 KJV
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
Psalms 43:4 KJV
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Deuteronomy 28:47 KJV
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Proverbs 15:20 KJV
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
1 John 1:4 KJV
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
2 Corinthians 7:4 KJV
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Proverbs 14:13 KJV
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
2 John 1:12 KJV
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 KJV
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Philippians 2:2 KJV
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Esther 8:16 KJV
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
1 Peter 1:6 KJV
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Jeremiah 15:16 KJV
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
John 3:29 KJV
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Psalms 51:12 KJV
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 KJV
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Psalms 126:3 KJV
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Proverbs 12:20 KJV
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Psalms 32:11 KJV
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Habakkuk 3:18 KJV
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Ecclesiastes 9:7 KJV
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Proverbs 23:24 KJV
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
3 John 1:4 KJV
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Psalms 89:15 KJV
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Proverbs 21:15 KJV
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
