ABOUT HAPPINESS (2)

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

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

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

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

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

e) 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)

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

g) 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)

h) 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)

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