Happiness

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Jeremiah 25:10 OT

  Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

• Jeremiah 25:11 OT

  This whole land will be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

• Proverbs 14:13 OT

  Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

• Isaiah 22:12 OT

  In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

• Psalms 73:3 OT

  For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

• Psalms 73:16 OT

  When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me,

• Jeremiah 12:1 OT

  You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

• Habakkuk 1:13 OT

  You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

• Psalms 73:17-20 OT

  until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end. Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. As a dream when one…

• Psalms 37:1 OT

  Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

• Amos 6:1 OT

  Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

• Luke 6:25 NT

  Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

• Psalms 37:36 OT

  But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

• Luke 12:16-20 NT

  He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’ He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull…

• Luke 16:19 NT

  “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

• Esther 5:9-11 OT

  Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went…

• Daniel 5:1 OT

  Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

• Acts 12:21-23 NT

  On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them. The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God…

• Deuteronomy 33:29 OT

  You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

• Job 5:17-27 OT

  “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole. He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch…

• Psalms 36:8 OT

  They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

• Psalms 40:8 OT

  I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

• Psalms 63:5 OT

  My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

• Psalms 128:1 OT

  Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.