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112 Bible Verses about Joy
I want to tell you about a joy that can chase away every sadness and fill your heart to overflowing. It's not a fleeting feeling based on how your day is going, but something you build day by day in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
It's your relationship with the Holy Spirit that will lead you to truly know God. And once you know Him, you'll worship Him in a way that pours out of you like a river of praise, just thinking about how amazing your Savior is. You'll understand His goodness in your life, and laughter will just bubble up.
That's when you'll realize that the happiness this world offers is based on things that fade away, but the joy Jesus puts in your soul lasts forever. God wants you to find refuge in Him, and even in the midst of tears, to find a song of worship rising within you.
When you come to Him, surrendering at His feet, you'll be filled and comforted. Even when you're going through tough times, trials, and struggles, the joy of the Lord will be your strength, and you'll be able to keep going, fulfilling the purpose God has for you.
By God’s grace, His joy will uphold you and give you what you need to face anything. As Psalm 28:7 (NIV) says, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him."
Although you’ve never seen him, you love him. Even though you don’t see him now, you trust him and so rejoice with a glorious joy that is too much for words.
You are receiving the goal of your faith: your salvation.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.
I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete.
When times are good, enjoy the good; when times are bad, consider: God has made the former as well as the latter so that people can’t discover anything that will come to be after them.
as going through pain but always happy, as poor but making many rich, and as having nothing but owning everything.
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice because the spirits submit to you. Rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.”
In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives.
Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! Be happy! Rejoice out loud! Sing your praises!
Come, let’s sing out loud to the LORD! Let’s raise a joyful shout to the rock of our salvation!
The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! Be happy! Rejoice out loud! Sing your praises!
Sing your praises to the LORD with the lyre— with the lyre and the sound of music.
With trumpets and a horn blast, shout triumphantly before the LORD, the king!
Let me come to God’s altar— let me come to God, my joy, my delight— then I will give you thanks with the lyre, God, my God!
How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of heavenly forces!
My very being longs, even yearns, for the LORD’s courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to the living God!
You teach me the way of life. In your presence is total celebration. Beautiful things are always in your right hand.
His anger lasts for only a second, but his favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay all night, but by morning, joy!
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But let all who take refuge in you celebrate. Let them sing out loud forever! Protect them so that all who love your name can rejoice in you.
I surely rejoice in the LORD; my heart is joyful because of my God, because he has clothed me with clothes of victory, wrapped me in a robe of righteousness like a bridegroom in a priestly crown, and like a bride adorned in jewelry.
But I am like a green olive tree in God’s house; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and always.
I will give thanks to you, God, forever, because you have acted. In the presence of your faithful people, I will hope in your name because it’s so good.
and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was laid out in front of him, and sat down at the right side of God’s throne.
Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth!
Serve the LORD with celebration! Come before him with shouts of joy!
God’s kingdom isn’t about eating food and drinking but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song; sing God’s praise in the assembly of the faithful!
Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you.
That’s why my heart celebrates and my mood is joyous; yes, my whole body will rest in safety
Yes, you will go out with celebration, and you will be brought back in peace. Even the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you; all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
because you’ve made me happy, LORD, by your acts. I sing with joy because of your handiwork.
Let’s not get tired of doing good, because in time we’ll have a harvest if we don’t give up.
You set a table for me right in front of my enemies. You bathe my head in oil; my cup is so full it spills over!
The people who know the celebratory shout are truly happy! They walk in the light of your presence, LORD!
All eyes look to you, hoping, and you give them their food right on time,
opening your hand and satisfying the desire of every living thing.
My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy.
After all, you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
“His master replied, ‘Excellent! You are a good and faithful servant! You’ve been faithful over a little. I’ll put you in charge of much. Come, celebrate with me.’
Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
Praise the LORD! I thank the LORD with all my heart in the company of those who do right, in the congregation.
We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God’s glory.
You who are righteous, rejoice in the LORD and be glad! All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!
to provide for Zion’s mourners, to give them a crown in place of ashes, oil of joy in place of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of discouragement. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, planted by the LORD to glorify himself.
My lips will rejoice aloud when I make music for you; my whole being, which you saved, will do the same.
Let Israel’s salvation come out of Zion! When the LORD changes his people’s circumstances for the better, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will celebrate!
So then, my brothers and sisters, be glad in the Lord. It’s no trouble for me to repeat the same things to you because they will help keep you on track.
Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his faithful love lasts forever.
Let Israel say it: “God’s faithful love lasts forever!”
The LORD’s ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. Happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and groaning will flee away.
The people rejoiced at this response, because they had presented their offerings to the LORD so willingly and wholeheartedly. King David also rejoiced greatly.
They will talk all about the glorious splendor of your majesty; I will contemplate your wondrous works.
The sounds of joyful songs and deliverance are heard in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s strong hand is victorious!
But let all who seek you celebrate and rejoice in you. Let those who love your salvation always say, “The LORD is great!”
They will say on that day, “Look! This is our God, for whom we have waited— and he has saved us! This is the LORD, for whom we have waited; let’s be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
But I was still always with you! You held my strong hand!
You have guided me with your advice; later you will receive me with glory.
When the LORD changed Zion’s circumstances for the better, it was like we had been dreaming.
Our mouths were suddenly filled with laughter; our tongues were filled with joyful shouts. It was even said, at that time, among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them!”
So let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise through him, which is the fruit from our lips that confess his name.
Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as singers to raise their voices joyfully, accompanied by musical instruments, including harps, lyres, and cymbals.
No. But I have calmed and quieted myself like a weaned child on its mother; I’m like the weaned child that is with me.
The expectations of the righteous result in joy, but the hopes of the wicked will perish.
The LORD’s regulations are right, gladdening the heart. The LORD’s commands are pure, giving light to the eyes.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that somebody hid in a field, which someone else found and covered up. Full of joy, the finder sold everything and bought that field.
From the mouths of nursing babies you have laid a strong foundation because of your foes, in order to stop vengeful enemies.
My very being longs, even yearns, for the LORD’s courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to the living God!
I give thanks to you that I was marvelously set apart. Your works are wonderful—I know that very well.
God is indeed my salvation; I will trust and won’t be afraid. Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; he has become my salvation.”
In tight circumstances, I cried out to the LORD. The LORD answered me with wide-open spaces.
The LORD is for me—I won’t be afraid. What can anyone do to me?
I’m sure of this: I will stay alive and remain with all of you to help your progress and the joy of your faith,
How great is the goodness that you’ve reserved for those who honor you, that you commit to those who take refuge in you— in the sight of everyone!
“Go, eat rich food, and drink something sweet,” he said to them, “and send portions of this to any who have nothing ready! This day is holy to our LORD. Don’t be sad, because the joy from the LORD is your strength!”
But let all who take refuge in you celebrate. Let them sing out loud forever! Protect them so that all who love your name can rejoice in you.
Because you, LORD, bless the righteous. You cover them with favor like a shield.
I rejoice and celebrate in your faithful love because you saw my suffering— you were intimately acquainted with my deep distress.
God is indeed my salvation; I will trust and won’t be afraid. Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; he has become my salvation.”
You will draw water with joy from the springs of salvation.
Then let those ransomed by the LORD return and come to Zion with singing and with everlasting joy upon their heads. Let happiness and joy overwhelm them; let grief and groaning flee.
Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive so that your joy will be complete.
Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you’re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer.