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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."


Ecclesiastes 5:9

After all, a king who cultivates the field is beneficial to the land.

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1 Peter 1:8-9

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

obtaining as the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

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Romans 15:32

so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and relax in your company.

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Psalm 119:111

I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

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John 15:11

These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

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Psalm 119:14

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.

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Ecclesiastes 7:14

On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him.

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2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

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Luke 10:20

Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

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Luke 15:7

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

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Psalm 98:4

¶Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.

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Psalm 95:1

Come, let’s sing for joy to the Lord, Let’s shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

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Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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Psalm 98:4-6

¶Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.

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Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And I will praise You on the lyre, God, my God.

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Psalm 84:1-2

How lovely are Your dwelling places, Lord of armies!

For a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than live in the tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Lord of armies, Blessed is the person who trusts in You!

My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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Psalm 16:11

You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

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Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

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Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

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Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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Psalm 126:3

The Lord has done great things for us; We are joyful.

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Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Psalm 118:24

This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.

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1 Thessalonians 5:16

Rejoice always,

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Psalm 97:12

Be joyful in the Lord, you righteous ones, And praise the mention of His holy name.

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Psalm 5:11

¶But rejoice, all who take refuge in You, Sing for joy forever! And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

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Isaiah 61:10

¶I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a groom puts on a turban, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

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Psalm 52:8-9

¶But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.

I will praise You forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

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Hebrews 12:2

looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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Psalm 100:1-2

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.

Serve the Lord with jubilation; Come before Him with rejoicing.

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Romans 14:17

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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Psalm 21:6

For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.

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Isaiah 12:3

Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

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Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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Psalm 68:3

But the righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God; Yes, they will rejoice with gladness.

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Psalm 126:5

Those who sow in tears shall harvest with joyful shouting.

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Psalm 149:1

Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.

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Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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Psalm 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely.

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Isaiah 55:12

“For you will go out with joy And be led in peace; The mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

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Psalm 92:4

For You, Lord, have made me joyful by what You have done, I will sing for joy over the works of Your hands.

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Galatians 6:9

Let’s not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not become weary.

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Psalm 23:5

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.

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Psalm 104:34

May my praise be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall rejoice in the Lord.

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Colossians 3:2

Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.

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Psalm 89:15

Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! Lord, they walk in the light of Your face.

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1 Chronicles 16:27

Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.

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Psalm 145:15-16

The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time.

You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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James 1:2-3

Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,

for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’

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Psalm 18:24

Therefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

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Psalm 119:162

I rejoice at Your word, Like one who finds great plunder.

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Psalm 43:5

¶Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God.

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Psalm 9:2

I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

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Psalm 111:1

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.

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Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a person can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can endure it?

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Psalm 16:5

¶The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot.

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Psalm 126:4

¶Restore our fortunes, Lord, As the streams in the South.

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Romans 5:2

through whom we also have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we celebrate in hope of the glory of God.

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Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

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Psalm 119:35

Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.

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Psalm 108:1

My heart is steadfast, God; I will sing, I will sing praises also with my soul.

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Psalm 136:1

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

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Isaiah 61:3

To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

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Psalm 71:23

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.

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Psalm 14:7

¶Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of His people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

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Psalm 33:21

For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

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Philippians 3:1

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.

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Psalm 118:1-2

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting.

¶All nations surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.

They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like a fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.

You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the Lord helped me.

The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.

¶The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.

I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord.

The Lord has disciplined me severely, But He has not turned me over to death.

¶Open the gates of righteousness to me; I will enter through them, I will give thanks to the Lord.

Let Israel say, “His mercy is everlasting.”

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Psalm 147:7

¶Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre;

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Isaiah 35:10

And the redeemed of the Lord will return And come to Zion with joyful shouting, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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1 Chronicles 29:9

Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord wholeheartedly, and King David also rejoiced greatly.

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Psalm 145:5

On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.

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Psalm 118:15

¶The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.

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Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

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Psalm 40:16

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation continually say, “The Lord be exalted!”

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Isaiah 25:9

And it will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

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Psalm 149:5

¶The godly ones shall be jubilant in glory; They shall sing for joy on their beds.

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Psalm 16:3

As for the saints who are on the earth, They are the majestic ones; all my delight is in them.

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Psalm 73:23-24

Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.

You will guide me with Your plan, And afterward receive me to glory.

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Psalm 126:1-2

When the Lord brought back the captives of Zion, We were like those who dream.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

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Hebrews 13:15

Through Him then, let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips praising His name.

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Psalm 35:9

¶So my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation.

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1 Chronicles 15:16

Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy.

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Psalm 131:2

I have certainly soothed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child resting against his mother, My soul within me is like a weaned child.

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Psalm 119:174

I long for Your salvation, Lord, And Your Law is my delight.

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Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked perishes.

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Psalm 19:8

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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Psalm 51:12

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.

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Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field.

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Psalm 8:2

From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have established strength Because of Your enemies, To do away with the enemy and the revengeful.

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1 Corinthians 15:57

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Psalm 84:2

My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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Psalm 139:14

I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

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Romans 15:10

Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.”

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Isaiah 12:2

“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

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Psalm 118:5-6

¶From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space.

The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

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Philippians 1:25

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

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Psalm 31:19

¶How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have performed for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of mankind!

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Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go, eat the festival foods, drink the sweet drinks, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your refuge.”

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Psalm 5:11-12

¶But rejoice, all who take refuge in You, Sing for joy forever! And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

For You bless the righteous person, Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield.

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Psalm 31:7

I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithfulness, Because You have seen my misery; You have known the troubles of my soul,

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Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the needy are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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Isaiah 12:2-3

“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

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Isaiah 51:11

And the redeemed of the Lord will return And come to Zion with joyful shouting, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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John 16:24

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

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Acts 2:28

‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

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Romans 12:12

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

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Prayer

My God is good and worthy of all praise. My soul magnifies you, Lord. You are wonderful and beautiful in my life. Heavenly Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you. In my darkest hours and greatest needs, you've filled me with your joy and let me experience your faithfulness firsthand. Because of you, Jesus, I can have true joy in every season of my life. As my day unfolds, please help me remember your love and promises, for they are the wellspring of all my joy. Lord Jesus, help me to always have a grateful heart, no matter what. Let your joy remain in me, even in the toughest times, because I know that every circumstance holds a valuable purpose, a unique lesson, and an opportunity to learn. Your word says, "I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God." Lord, guide me now in your presence, that I may receive your peace until it overflows and I can be a blessing to those around me. Thank you, God, for loving me, caring for me, providing for me, and protecting my family. I know that by seeking you and serving you, I will find the joy, happiness, and delight I need. All glory be to you, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen.