ANOUT HAPPINESS

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. What does the Book of Proverbs say about Happiness?

a) 13 Happy is anyone who becomes wise - who comes to have understanding. 17 Wisdom can make your life pleasant and lead you safely through it. 18 Those who become wise are happy; wisdom will give them life. (Proverbs 3:13, 17-18)

b) 1 Wise children make their fathers proud of them; foolish ones bring their mothers grief. (Proverbs 10:1)

c) 28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing. (Proverbs 10:28)

d) 20 Those who plan evil are in for a rude surprise, but those who work for good will find happiness. (Proverbs 12:20)

e) 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad. (Proverbs 12:25)

f) 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy. (Proverbs 4:10)

g) 13 Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, and the end of joy may be grief. (Proverbs 14:13)

h) 21 If you want to be happy, be kind to the poor; it is a sin to despise anyone. (Proverbs 14:21)

i) 13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. (Proverbs 15:13)

j) 15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast. (Proverbs 15:15)

k) 23 A man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word! (Proverbs 15:23)

l) 30 Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones. (Proverbs 15:30)

m) 20 He who gives attention to the word will find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
Prov. 16:20


n) 21 He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:21-22)

o) 15 The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, but is terror to the workers of iniquity. (Proverbs 21:15)

p) 24 A righteous person’s parents have good reason to be happy. 25 Let your father and mother be proud of you; give your mother that happiness. (Proverbs 23:24-25)

q) 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased, and turn His anger away from him. (Proverbs 24:17-18)

r) 18 Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is he who keeps the law. (Proverbs 29:18)


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