What Does the Bible Say About Human Happiness?

John 17:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 16:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Proverbs 29:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

Psalm 144:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

1 John 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ...

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Acts 14:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

Proverbs 16:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

Psalm 146:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 51:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Proverbs 28:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

32 Bible Verses about Human Happiness

John 17:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 16:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 144:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 14:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 146:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 28:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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32 Bible Verses about Human Happiness

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John 17:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 16:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 144:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 14:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 146:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 28:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote