Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'happy' occurs 37 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'happy' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)


Ps. 137:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 0 22
NT 6 0 6
BM 9 2 11
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 37 2 39

Gen. 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Deut. 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

1 Kgs. 10:8
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

2 Chr. 9:7
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Ps. 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Ps. 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Ps. 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Ps. 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Ps. 144:15
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

Ps. 146:5
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Prov. 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Prov. 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Prov. 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Prov. 16:20
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

Prov. 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Prov. 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Jer. 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Mal. 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

Acts 26:2
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

Rom. 14:22
Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

1 Pet. 3:14
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

1 Pet. 4:14
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

1 Ne. 8:10
And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy.

1 Ne. 17:21
Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

Mosiah 2:41
And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.

Alma 46:41
But there were many who died with old age; and those who died in the faith of Christ are happy in him, as we must needs suppose.

Alma 56:11
Nevertheless, we may console ourselves in this point, that they have died in the cause of their country and of their God, yea, and they are happy.

3 Ne. 24:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Morm. 9:3
Then will ye longer deny the Christ, or can ye behold the Lamb of God? Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt? Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt that ye have ever abused his laws?

Morm. 9:14
And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh the time that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; and he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is happy shall be happy still; and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still.