Bible Verses about “true happiness”
The Bible contains 50 verses about true happiness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
“¶ ‹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.›”
“¶ Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.›”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.›”
“But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.›”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹the pure in heart: for they shall see God.›”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.›”
“¶ ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›”
“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.›”
“¶ The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.”
“Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.”
“For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
“Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.”
“I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.”
“O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.”
“‹And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?›”
“¶ He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.”
“‹Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.›”
“[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.”
“‹A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.›”
“Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:”
“‹He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.›”
“‹Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:›”
“‹But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.›”
“For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.”
“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.”
“‹For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.›”
“For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?”
“‹For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.›”
“And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.”
“For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.”
“I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:”
“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”
“In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.”
“¶ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.”
“I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?”
“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.”
“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:”
“I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:”
“I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:”
“I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.”
“So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.”