63 Bible Verses About Joy and Happiness

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.

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Romans 12:12 KJV

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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Philippians 4:4 KJV

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

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James 1:2 KJV

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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Galatians 5:22 KJV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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John 16:24 KJV

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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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.

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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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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.

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Romans 14:17 KJV

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

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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.

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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.

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Psalms 118:24 KJV

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Psalms 4:7 KJV

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

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Proverbs 10:28 KJV

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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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.

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Psalms 71:23 KJV

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Romans 12:15 KJV

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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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.

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Psalms 51:8 KJV

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

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Proverbs 23:25 KJV

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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Proverbs 24:17 KJV

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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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.

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Psalms 98:4 KJV

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

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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.

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Proverbs 5:18 KJV

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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Psalms 34:5 KJV

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

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Psalms 92:4 KJV

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

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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.

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Psalms 19:8 KJV

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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Luke 1:14 KJV

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

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Psalms 45:15 KJV

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.

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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.

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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;

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Proverbs 15:20 KJV

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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1 John 1:4 KJV

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

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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.

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Proverbs 14:13 KJV

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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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.

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Ecclesiastes 7:3 KJV

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

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Philippians 2:2 KJV

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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Esther 8:16 KJV

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

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1 Peter 1:6 KJV

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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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.

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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.

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Psalms 51:12 KJV

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

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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.

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Psalms 126:3 KJV

The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

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Proverbs 12:20 KJV

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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Psalms 32:11 KJV

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

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Habakkuk 3:18 KJV

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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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.

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Proverbs 23:24 KJV

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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3 John 1:4 KJV

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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Psalms 89:15 KJV

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

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Proverbs 21:15 KJV

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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