Bible Verses about 'Happiness'

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• One who finds a wife finds happiness
  and receives favor from the Lord.
  Proverbs 18:22 blessing marriage seeking
• If a man has recently been married, he is not to go off to battle nor have any other duty laid on him. He will be free to stay at home for one year so that he can bring happiness to the wife whom he has married.
  Deuteronomy 24:5 marriage
• I understand that man’s greatest happiness is to be glad and do well throughout his life. And when we eat and drink and find satisfaction in all our labors, this is a gift of God.
  Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 joy life food
• How beautiful upon the mountains
  are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,
  who bears good news and proclaims glad tidings,
  announcing salvation and saying to Zion,
  “Your God is king.”
  Isaiah 52:7 salvation peace kingdom
• Fear not, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.
  Luke 12:32 fear Father kingdom
• The hope of the righteous brings them joy,
  but the expectations of the wicked are frustrated.
  Proverbs 10:28 righteousness hope patience
• One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money,
  nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain.
  This too is vanity.
  Ecclesiastes 5:9 money greed materialism
• Go forth, then. Eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God long ago approved what you do.
  Ecclesiastes 9:7 joy food life
• If you refrain from traveling on the Sabbath
  and from engaging in your own interests on my holy day,
  if you call the Sabbath a day of joy
  and regard the Lord’s holy day as honorable,
  if you honor it by not going your own way,
  serving your own interests,
  or attending to your own affairs;
  then you will find true happiness in the Lord,
  and I will enable you to ride
  upon the heights of the earth.
  I will nourish you with the heritage of your father Jacob,
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  Isaiah 58:13-14 sabbath
• His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful in small matters, I will give you much greater responsibilities. Come and share your master’s joy.’
  Matthew 25:21 reliability reward blessing