147 Bible verses to learn to live with Joy

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice!

You will make Me know the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joys. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Then he said to them, Go eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD. And do not be sorry, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Great things did Jehovah to work with us and we are glad.

But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full.

rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, steadfastly continuing in prayer,

Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Worship Jehovah with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

Before now you have asked nothing in My name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,

obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Cry out and shout, O dweller of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

This is the day which Jehovah has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

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

Each one, as he purposes in his heart, let him give; not of grief, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul will be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the robes of salvation, He covered me with the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom adorns himself with ornaments, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls;

yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,

knowing that the trying of your faith works patience.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me Your comforts delight my soul.

Through Him we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice on the hope of the glory of God.

And not only this, but we glory in afflictions also, knowing that afflictions work out patience,

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break out before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Rejoice in Jehovah, O righteous ones; praise is becoming for the upright.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise Him.

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Rejoice in Jehovah, righteous ones; and give thanks at the memory of His holiness.

And continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

always in every prayer of mine making my request for you all with joy

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my soul, which You have redeemed.

And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break out into singing, O mountains; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

But let all who put their trust in You rejoice; let them always shout for joy, because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

always giving thanks for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Glory and honor are in His presence, strength and gladness in His place.

Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound; they shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your face.

In Your name they shall rejoice all the day; and in Your righteousness they shall be lifted up.

For You have made him most blessed forever; You have rejoiced him in the gladness in Your holy face.

The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Yet do not rejoice in this, that the evil spirits are subject to you, rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and moan within me? Hope in God; for I shall praise Him for the salvation of His face.

so that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed with you.

Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

And you also rejoice in the same, and rejoice with me.

Blessed are the peoples who are so; blessed are the peoples to whom Jehovah is their God.

But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God. Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven. For so their fathers did according to these things to the prophets.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, the God of Hosts.

Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to counselors of peace there is joy.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then they said among the nations, Jehovah has done great things with them.

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness of it.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; then shall all the trees of the forest rejoice

Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and the ones loving your salvation always say, Let Jehovah be magnified.

Jehovah your God is mighty in your midst; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He is silent in His love; He rejoices over you with joyful shout.

And now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world that they might have My joy fulfilled in them.

I rejoice at Your Word, as one who finds great spoil.

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; praise Him who rides on the heavens by His name JEHOVAH, and rejoice before Him.

But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is indeed not grievous to me, but for you it is safe.

For You, Jehovah, have made Me glad with Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we trust in His holy name.

And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoices in Jehovah, my horn is exalted in Jehovah. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in Your salvation.

To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth.

And with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Sing to Jehovah, bless His name; show forth His salvation from day to day.

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all people.

Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh shout for joy to the living God.

Be glad then, sons of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God. For He has given you the former rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.

A merry heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; yea, on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.

And bringing them up to the house, he set a table before them and rejoiced, believing in God with all his household.

And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen with gladness,

My boldness of speech is great toward you; my glorying on your behalf is much. I have been filled with comfort, I am overflowing with joy on all our trouble.

You have multiplied the nation. You have not increased the joy. They rejoice before You according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,

when I remember You on my bed and think of You in the night watches.

Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.

If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full.

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

I also will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.

Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with shouts of joy.

I say to you that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.

The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Your name.

And one shall say in that day, Lo, this is our God. We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is Jehovah; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for You shall judge the peoples righteously and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

For we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh;

everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

Oh sing to Jehovah a new song; sing to Jehovah, all the earth.

Therefore My heart is glad, and My glory rejoices; My flesh also shall rest in hope;

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Clap your hand, all you peoples; shout to God with the voice of triumph.

And in that day you shall say, O Jehovah, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, turn away Your anger, and You shall comfort me.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in Your salvation.

Jehovah is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will glorify Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

Let Your tender mercies come to me so that I may live; for Your Law is my delight.

And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.

Let the daughters of Judah shout for joy because of Your judgments!

Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of faith,

And there you shall eat before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households in which Jehovah your God has blessed you.

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing!

Therefore the redeemed of Jehovah shall return and come with singing into Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their head. Gladness and joy shall overtake them; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Jehovah reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.

They shall pour forth the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.

yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

A Poem of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever; with my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning.

Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise.

For God is King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;

And worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

And they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving rain and fruitful season to us from heaven, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

And therefore you now have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and He revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of Him in every place.

So I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Praise Jehovah! Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise in the congregation of saints.

And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the gathering of the elders.

A Psalm of David. I will praise You with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praise to You.

I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth's sake; for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name.

Unless Your Law had been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things; I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.

While I live I will praise Jehovah; I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

always giving thanks for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, welcoming the Word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

Give thanks to Jehovah, call on His name, make known His deeds among the people.

Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him, talk of all His wondrous works.

Glory in His holy name, let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.