40 Bible Verses about Being Happy And Enjoying Life

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

There is nothing good for man, but 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.

I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth him with the joy of his heart.

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.

yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.

one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.

And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.

Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!

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 from all my labour.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

If a man beget a hundred sons, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.

For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.