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108 Bible Verses about Joy
In the Old Testament, they celebrated joy with feasts and festivals. My joy comes from discovering God's will for my life, which the Bible reveals is good, pleasing, and perfect. It's not about what's happening around me or how I'm feeling at the moment, but about finding true joy in the salvation I have in Jesus.
I want to encourage you today to let go of any sadness you're holding onto. Cast out bitterness and resentment from your heart, and let the everlasting joy of Jesus flood your soul. You'll find you have so much to smile about, and so much less to feel down about.
Think about it: everything around you was created by God for your enjoyment. So smile for Him, and let your heart overflow with love in His presence. That gray sky will soon disappear, and He’ll paint a rainbow just for you.
He’s turned my mourning into dancing; He’s filled me with joy. Sure, life isn’t always happy-go-lucky, but in God, I find peace because I trust that He’s working everything out for my good (Romans 8:28).
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Rejoice at all times.Pray without ceasing.Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
The humble will increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the Lord will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the Lord, saying: ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the Lord.
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.You are indeed our glory and our joy.
How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?
I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—