HAPPINESS
(See also Contentment; Joy; Laughter; Rejoicing; Smiling; Unhappiness)
Adam and Eve: w97 10/15 5-6
angels: w92 5/15 13
balance with organization: w94 10/1 10-15; w93 4/1 28-31
basis for: w22.10 6-11; it-1 1032-1034; it-2 706; w14 4/15 18; hl section 2; w06 5/15 28-29; w04 9/1 3-7; w97 3/15 23; w97 10/15 5-7; kl 118; w93 6/1 19-22; w91 8/15 3-7; g88 4/22 9-10; w87 3/15 24-25; w86 6/15 6; w86 10/1 8-9; tp 106-107
fear of Jehovah: w09 3/15 25-26; w06 8/1 26-30; w87 5/15 28; w87 12/1 11
life centered around Jehovah’s will: w89 7/15 6-7
purpose in life: g89 2/8 26-27
relationship with Jehovah: mwb25.01 8-9; w18.09 18; w18.12 19-28; w06 6/15 12-13
satisfying spiritual need: w22.10 6; w18.09 18; w18.12 20-21, 25-26; w13 4/1 6; w11 7/1 8; w10 8/1 16; w09 2/15 6; w07 11/15 6-7; g 4/06 3-4; w05 7/1 4-7; w01 3/1 4-5; w00 3/1 29-30; w99 9/1 19; w97 3/15 23; g94 12/8 7-9
serving Jehovah: scl 48; w18.09 17-21; jy 176; w14 1/15 19; w10 8/1 17; w03 4/15 16-17; w02 3/1 16-18; w92 5/15 13, 15-20; gt chapter 75; w88 8/15 8
serving others: w14 1/15 19-20
true worship: w22.03 24-25; w22.10 9
children: fg 19; w11 10/1 17
comments by Dalai Lama: w01 3/1 4
comments by pioneers: km 2/87 6
contributing factors: w25.06 9; mrt article 128; it-1 1033; it-2 711; g18.1 5-7, 10-11; g 11/14 4-7; nwt 26-27; w06 6/15 4, 6-7, 12-15; g 4/06 9; w04 9/1 6; g01 11/22 29; g97 10/22 31; g96 2/8 28; w94 10/1 12-15; w93 6/1 19-22; g93 10/22 29; w92 5/15 16-17
applying things learned: km 4/90 3-4
attitude: g16.1 3-6
avoiding hurtful practices: kl 121-122
belonging to Jehovah: w10 1/15 7-8
Bible reading and application: w22.10 7-8; g98 3/8 28; w96 5/15 10-11
Bible’s moral values: g90 6/8 8-9
contentment: g25.1 10
contributions for true worship: it-1 503
dedication to Jehovah: w10 1/15 6-7
discernment: w93 12/15 19
discipline: w92 10/1 29
drawing closer to Jehovah: w25.04 9
endurance: w91 11/1 15-16; w90 1/1 18-19
giving: w24.09 26-31; cl 300; g21.1 7; w18.08 18-22; wp18.1 14-15; wp17.2 13-14; g16.1 6; g 12/15 2; w12 6/1 8; w11 7/1 7-8; g 9/11 8; g 1/09 30; g 6/07 20; g 4/06 6; w05 8/1 6; w03 7/15 6-7; lr 92-96; w01 7/1 12-17; w00 9/15 23-24; w00 11/15 10; w95 12/15 4-7; kl 120-121; w92 1/15 12-14; g87 11/22 2-5
godly life: kl 118-129
good government: w91 8/15 5
health: w91 8/15 3-4
honesty: w00 11/1 6; kl 119-120
hope: g18.1 15; w06 6/15 6; g 4/06 8-9; w01 3/1 7
humility: w93 12/1 19-24
Jehovah’s justice: it-2 140
keeping eyes happy: w03 6/15 23
little things: g88 6/22 17
love: w18.01 22-26; g18.1 8-9; g 2/14 9; g 11/14 6; g 11/13 7-8; g 4/06 7; g02 7/8 29; w94 10/1 13-14
marriage: w12 10/1 25; g99 4/8 28
mercy: w18.09 19-20; w13 4/1 6-7; w09 2/15 8-9; w08 5/15 4
mildness: w20.05 19; w18.09 19; w16.12 30
peaceableness: w18.09 21; w13 4/1 7; w09 2/15 9; w08 5/15 4
purity of heart: w18.09 20-21; w09 2/15 9
purpose in life: w25.04 9-10; g18.1 12-13
reading, hearing, observing Revelation (Re 1:3): re 17; w99 12/1 14-19; w89 4/1 10-11
resilience: g18.1 7; g 11/14 7
righteous rule: it-2 140-141
showing favor to the afflicted: w86 10/15 10-15
simple life: g05 11/8 6; w01 3/1 5-6
singing: g00 4/8 28
spiritual values: w91 8/15 6
thankfulness: g 4/06 6
view of work: w89 7/15 3-7
volunteering: g03 7/8 29
wisdom: w98 5/15 6; w93 12/15 19
wise choices: w07 10/1 3-7
working with Jehovah (2Co 6:1): w16.01 29-30
despite—
being hated: w21.03 25
disappointment: w23.04 16; w08 3/1 13-16
persecution: bt 40-41; w18.09 21; w09 2/15 10; w04 11/1 13-18; w89 4/1 14
poverty: g 9/15 14
religiously divided household: w12 2/15 26-30
discussion: w22.10 6-11; it-1 1032-1034; g18.1 3-15; hl sections 1-20; w06 6/15 3-7, 12-15; g 4/06 3-9; w01 3/1 3-7
experiences:
happiness of ones in full-time service: w04 9/1 6-7
happiness of Witnesses: w09 4/15 21; yb97 168
harsh man learns mildness: wp20.3 11
imprisoned Witness: w22.10 9-11
learning and applying truth: w92 9/15 24-27
mate having terminal cancer: g 4/06 8-9
newlyweds: wp17.1 7
unhappy career woman: g94 12/8 8-9
unhappy marriage: wp24.1 10; g94 12/8 7-8
woman with cancer who lost mate and home: w06 6/15 7
false basis for: pc 3-4; g 4/06 3; w01 3/1 3-4; w97 3/15 23; w97 10/15 3-4; w93 6/1 19; w89 2/1 6
instant gratification: g91 1/22 3-7
laughter: it-2 209; w06 11/1 13
material prosperity: w21.08 18; g18.1 4; g 11/14 5; hl section 2; w09 9/1 9; g 1/09 30; g 3/09 3, 6-8; g 4/09 6, 8; w08 4/15 22-23; w07 1/1 3-4; g 4/07 30; g 6/07 3-6; g 4/06 3, 5, 29; g05 11/8 6; w04 9/1 3; w02 3/1 17; w01 3/1 6; w01 6/15 3-4; g99 5/22 29; w98 5/15 3-6; g97 10/22 31; g94 6/22 31; g94 12/8 3-9; g90 3/22 28; w89 6/15 28; gm 163; w88 8/15 18; g88 4/22 3-6; g88 7/8 29; w86 6/15 3-5
pleasure seeking: w08 4/15 21-22; g 4/06 6
health benefited by: g18.1 7; g 11/08 30; g 4/06 6
Jehovah: w24.09 26; it-1 1032; w09 12/15 16-17; w07 3/1 17; w93 4/1 28
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w06 6/15 12-13; km 2/02 1
Jesus Christ: it-1 1032; w17.07 23; w92 1/15 12-13
Jesus’ teachings about: w10 8/1 16-17
life stories:
A Comics Artist Pursues Happiness: g88 2/22 23-27
A Jazz Drummer Finds True Happiness: g88 7/22 24-27
How I Found Happiness in Giving: w16.08 3-7
I Swallowed My Pride and Found Happiness: w92 8/1 26-27
married people: ijwbq article 51; ijwhf articles 29, 42; mwb25.07 2; wp24.1 10; lff lesson 49; lvs 140-142; w15 1/15 18-22; lv 118-120; hf 3-17; w13 9/1 16; yp1 218-220; g 7/08 6-9; g 7/06 6-9; g04 11/8 28; w02 8/15 6-7; kl 122-123, 140-145; gm 170-172
meaning of term: w18.09 17; it-1 1032; g18.1 3; jy 85; w01 3/1 3; gt chapter 35; w86 10/1 8
differs from blessed: it-1 1032
national happiness: it-1 1033
older people: w04 5/15 32; g95 6/22 14-15
over destruction of Babylon the Great: ws 148-151
Psalms (book): w06 6/15 12-15
relative happiness: w94 10/1 14-15
resurrection essential to: it-2 784
Revelation (book): ijwbq article 72; it-1 1033; re 6, 14, 17, 211, 231-232, 277-278, 290-291, 314, 316-317
self-examination: w91 8/15 7
Sermon on the Mount: w22.10 6; w18.09 18-21; it-1 1033; jy 85-86; w09 2/15 6-10; w04 9/1 4-5; w04 11/1 8-18; w92 5/15 15-16; gt chapter 35; w90 10/1 11-12; w86 10/1 8-9
surveys: g96 2/8 28
Asia: g93 12/8 29
China: g 4/12 23
Europe: w04 9/1 3-4
married versus unmarried: g89 7/8 29
unmarried people: jr 97-98; w09 6/15 25-28; w05 7/15 8-9; w92 5/15 10-20; w87 11/15 15-20
whether city life brings: g94 2/8 24-27
whether marriage is only key to: w12 10/1 25; w92 5/15 10-15
whether secular career brings: w17.11 23
while waiting for Jehovah: w24.02 26-27; w07 3/1 17-18
with much to do: w91 5/15 28-31
without money: g88 4/22 9-10