What Does the Bible Say About Cheerfulness?

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 32 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Galatians 5:22-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Romans 12:6-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...

Acts 17:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 8:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Proverbs 25:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

2 Timothy 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

2 Corinthians 9:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,

Romans 12:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

John 4:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, ...

Matthew 10:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. ...

1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But test everything; hold fast what is good.

Ephesians 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,

Galatians 6:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load. ...

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

Romans 16:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Romans 1:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

Mark 16:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

They will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, ...

Matthew 5:29-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

34 Bible Verses about Cheerfulness

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 12:6-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 20:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 10:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 16:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 1:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 16:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:29-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Cheerfulness

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:22-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 25:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 12:6-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 20:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 10:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 16:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 1:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 16:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:29-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote