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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."
The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.
You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
because you are attaining the goal of your faith – the salvation of your souls.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.
In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.
as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”
I tell you, 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 to repent.
Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord! Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!
Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!
With trumpets and the blaring of the ram’s horn, shout out praises before the king, the Lord!
Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God’s loyal love.
I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.
keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!
For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.
Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.
For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.
You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does.
If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.
through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!
I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures!
All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.
The Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord’s right hand conquers,
the Lord’s right hand gives victory, the Lord’s right hand conquers.
I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.
The Lord severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.
Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
Let Israel say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”
Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!
those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.
May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May the Lord be praised!”
At that time they will say, “Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”
Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!
As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much –
But I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor.
When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.
At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, “The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.
Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.
The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.
The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.
Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;
Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?
And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,
How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.
He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the lord is your strength.”
But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!
Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.
I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.
All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.
Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.
You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’