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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 of you should think carefully and then decide how much you can give. Then you will not be sad to give that money. Nobody has made you give it. God loves someone who is happy to give help to other people.
It makes you happy when you give a good answer to a question. It is good when you find the right thing to say at the right time.
You will lead me along the path of life. Because you are with me, I am very happy. I know that I will be with you for ever, and that makes me very happy!
Be happy, because you can trust God to do what he says. Be patient when you suffer. Always continue to pray.
Always be happy.Pray at all times.Whatever may happen to you, continue to thank God. God wants you to do that, because you belong to Christ Jesus.
It is like that for you. You are sad now. But I will see you again, and then you will be happy. You will be truly happy. Nobody will be able to take away your joy.
Everyone on earth, shout and praise the Lord!Worship the Lord and be happy! Come near to him with songs of joy.
If you are happy in life, you will be healthy. But if you are sad and upset, your body will be weak.
I will be very happy because of who you are. I will sing to praise your name, Most High God.
What good people hope to receive causes them to be happy. But wicked people never receive what they hope for.
The Lord's rules are always right. If we obey them, they make us really happy. The Lord's commands are completely good. They show us how to live in a good way.
The Lord, your God, is with you. He is strong, like a brave soldier. He will save you. He will be very happy because he is pleased with you! He will give you new life because of his love. He will sing with joy because you make him happy!’
When I remember how my life was before, I am very upset and I weep. Once I walked with a big crowd of people to worship God in his temple. I led the people there as we sang happy songs, and we praised God with loud voices.
So be happy as you eat your food. Be happy as you drink your wine. God is pleased with you as you do these things.
The Lord makes me strong. He keeps me safe like a shield. I trust in him completely, and he has helped me. I am very happy, and I will thank him with my songs.
So I realized that people should be happy. They should enjoy good things as long as they live. There is nothing better for people to do than that.People should be happy to eat and to drink. They should enjoy the work that they do. All these things are gifts from God.
We belong to God's kingdom. The things that we eat and drink are not really important. These things are important: We should do what is right. We should have peace in our minds. We should be truly happy. God's Holy Spirit helps us to live like this.
Whatever happens, I will continue to thank the Lord. If there are no flowers on the fig trees, if there are no grapes on the vines, if there are no olives on the olive trees, if there are no crops in the fields, if the sheep are dying in the hills, if there are no cows on the farms,I will still sing to thank the Lord! I will be happy because God is the one who makes me safe.
You have never seen Jesus, but still you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him. As a result, you are very happy. There are no words to describe how happy you are.
His anger continues only for a moment, but he is kind to us for our whole life. We may be sad all through the night, but in the morning, we will be happy again.
Now you have helped me to stop crying, so that I dance instead! I do not need to wear sackcloth, because I am no longer sad. Instead, you have made me very happy.
You righteous people, sing to praise the Lord and be happy! It is right for good, honest people to do that.
People who trust the Lord to help them will be very happy. Their faces will be bright, and they will not be ashamed.
But righteous people will be happy, when they come near to you. They will shout with joy, because they are so happy!
The things that you do, Lord, make me very happy. I sing with joy because of everything that your hands have made!
God's light shines on righteous people. Good, honest people will be very happy.All you righteous people, be happy because of what the Lord has done. Thank him because he is holy.
At that time, we laughed a lot. We sang with joy because we were so happy! People in other countries said to each other, ‘The Lord has done great things for them!’Yes, the Lord has done great things for us. So we are very happy.
When God does that for a nation, the people are truly happy! If people know that the Lord is their God, they are truly happy!
People of Israel, be very happy, because God made you. People of Zion, be very happy, because God is your king.
Someone who wants to cause trouble has a mind that is full of lies. But someone who wants to bring peace has a mind that is full of joy.
When someone is happy, their face smiles. But when someone is sad, their spirit hurts.
Every day is difficult, if you have trouble in your mind. But if you are happy, every day is like a feast.
God gives wisdom, knowledge and joy to people who please him. Wicked people may work hard and become rich. But God takes away their valuable things and he gives them to someone who pleases him. So their hard work has no purpose. It is like somebody who tries to catch the wind.
God gives some people a lot of money and valuable things. He helps them to enjoy those things and to be happy with their work. All of this is a gift from God.
Listen! God is the one who saves me! I will continue to trust him. I will not be afraid because the Lord himself makes me strong. He keeps me safe. He rescues us from our enemies.’When God does that, it will make you very happy. You will be safe, like someone who gets plenty of good water from a well to drink.
He has paid the price to rescue them, and they will return home along it. They will be happy and they will sing, as they go into Zion city. They will be very happy for ever. They will never again be sad or upset. All the time they will be completely happy.
The people that the Lord has rescued will return from exile. They will sing with joy while they go into Zion city. Their joy will be like a crown that they wear on their heads for ever. They will continue to be very happy. They will never be sad or weep again.
You will leave that foreign land with joy! You will travel home with peace in your minds. The mountains and the hills will sing with joy as you travel past. The trees in the fields will clap their hands together!
In that way, the people in Zion who are sad will become strong again. They will not put ashes on their heads any more. Instead, they will wear beautiful hats. Instead of weeping, they will have olive oil to show their joy. They will not feel upset, but they will sing happy songs to praise God. People will call them ‘Strong trees that show God's righteousness’. They will be like trees that the Lord himself has planted to show how great he is.
As your words came to me, I took them into me like sweet food. I belong to you, Lord, God Almighty, so your words made me very happy.
The Lord says this: ‘Young women will dance because they are happy. The young men and the old men will also be happy. I will cause them to laugh instead of weep. I will comfort them, so that they are happy instead of sad.
God is preparing many good things for you in heaven. So you should be very happy when people do these bad things to any of you. People did these same bad things to God's prophets who lived long ago.’
The master said to this servant, “You are a good servant and you have done really well. You were careful with a small amount of money. Now I will give you authority over many more things. Come now, and we will be happy together.”
So the women went away quickly from the grave in the rock. They were very frightened, but they were also very happy. They ran to tell the disciples the angel's message.
Happy are you people who are hungry now. God will feed you until you are full. Happy are you people who are crying now. Later, you will laugh.
But do not be happy because you have authority over bad spirits. God has written your names in his book in heaven. That is why you should be happy.’
I tell you this. When one person turns back to God, it causes a lot of joy in heaven. There is more joy about that one person, than about 99 people who already obey God.’
In the same way, I tell you this. When one person turns back to God, it causes a lot of joy among God's angels in heaven.’
I want you to be completely happy, in the same way that I myself am happy. That is why I have told you these things.
I tell you this. You will be sad and you will cry. But the people who belong to this world will be happy. Yes, you will be sad. But soon after that, you will become happy instead.
Now, Father, I will come to you. I am saying these things while I am still in the world. Then these people, my disciples, can be completely happy. I want them to be completely happy in the same way that I am happy.
You have shown me the paths that lead to life with you. I will be completely happy because you will be with me for ever.” ’
The believers in Antioch continued to be very happy. The Holy Spirit completely filled them.
Because we trust him, we know that God has blessed us in a way that we do not deserve. That makes us strong in our lives. We also are sure that we will share God's glory in heaven. So we are very happy.God gave his Law to Moses to show more clearly that people were doing wrong things. But when people did more and more wrong things, God continued to be kind in more and more ways.We see that sin ruled people's lives and brought death to them. But God's kind gift makes people right with him, and that is what now rules their lives. As a result, they will have life with God for ever, because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.We are happy even when we suffer. That is because we know that this helps us to become patient and strong.
God is the one who causes us to hope for good things. I pray that God will bless you very much. I pray that he will cause you to be happy and to have peace in your minds. He will do this because you believe in him. As a result, God's Holy Spirit will make you strong with his power, so that you hope even more certainly.
I know you and I trust you. I am proud of you. You have helped me to be strong. So, even when we have many troubles, I am still very happy.
But God's Spirit causes us to live in a different way. We love other people. We are happy and we have peace in our minds. We are patient, kind and good. People can trust us to do what is right.
My Christian friends, there are a few more things that I want to say. You belong to the Lord, so be happy! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again. And it will help to keep you safe.
If you do that, God will give you peace in your minds. That peace is so great that nobody can completely understand it. You will not worry or be afraid, because you belong to Christ Jesus.
God rules from heaven with great power. We pray that he will make you strong with every kind of strength. Then, when troubles come, you can still be patient and strong.
Let Christ's message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves.
In your lives also, you copied our example and the example of the Lord Jesus. When you believed our message, people caused you to suffer very much. But God's Holy Spirit helped you to be happy.
I remember how you wept when I said ‘goodbye’ to you. I want to see you again very much, so that I may be completely happy.
As we run, we must always look towards Jesus. He is the one who trusted God completely. Our faith starts with him, and he will help us to trust God all the way to the end. Jesus accepted punishment on the cross. He chose to receive much pain. He did not think about being ashamed to die like that. He knew that God had prepared something very good for him that would make him happy. Now he has sat down at the right side of God to rule with him in heaven.
My Christian friends, remember to be happy, even when many kinds of trouble happen to you. Troubles can help you.God wants us to do what is right. But when someone is angry, they do not do those right things.So stop doing disgusting things. Stay away from the wicked things that are all around you. God has put his message deep inside you, and it can save you. So be humble and accept it as a true message.But be careful to do what God says in his message. Do not only listen to it. Do not make that mistake!You must obey God's message. Do not be like a man who quickly looks at his face in a mirror.That man looks at himself, but then he goes away. He immediately forgets what he is really like.So do not just listen to God's message and then forget it. It is a completely good message that makes people free. Look at it carefully and keep it in your mind. Do what it tells you to do. God will bless anyone who lives in that way.Maybe some of you think that you are serving God well. But if you also say bad things about people, you do not serve God well at all. You are doing something bad even when you think you are doing good things.If you want to serve God in a completely good way, do things like this: Help children who have no parents and women who are widows. Help them in their troubles. If you serve God our Father like that, he will be pleased with you. Do not let the bad people in this world make you bad too.God wants to see if you really trust him. Your faith in God will become stronger as a result of these troubles.
Instead, be happy when you have trouble. Remember that Christ also received much trouble and pain. If you suffer like he did, then you will be happy when he returns. At that time, everyone will see how great Christ really is. Then you will be very happy with a great joy.
May all people who turn to you be happy! Make them always sing with joy, because you keep them safe. Take care of those who are faithful to you. Then they will be really happy.
So all you people who belong to the Lord, praise him and be happy! All of you who are good, honest people, shout aloud because you are so happy!
Then I will be happy because of what the Lord has done. I will be happy because he has made me safe.
People from every nation, clap your hands together. Shout aloud to God, with the sound of happy songs.
You have truly blessed the people who know how to praise you, Lord. They know that you are pleased with them.They praise your name all the time. Your justice makes them happy.
Come now! Let us sing together to worship the Lord! We will shout aloud to praise God, the strong Rock who makes us safe!So I was angry with those people all the time for 40 years. I said, “These people love to go the wrong way. They refuse to follow my ways.”I was very angry and I promised, “They will never come into my place of rest.” ’Let us come near to God and thank him! Let us sing songs to praise him, because we are so happy!
When people went to plant seeds in their fields, they were crying. But they will be happy when they bring in the harvest!People were weeping when they took their bags of seeds to plant. But when they carry their crops back home, they will shout because they are so happy!
You, Lord, will make your nation stronger. You will cause your people to be very happy. They will be happy because you are with them. They will be like people who are happy at the time of harvest. They will be happy like soldiers who have won a battle, and who share their enemy's valuable things among themselves.
And the Lord will make weak people happy again. Poor people will sing with joy, because of what the Holy God of Israel has done.
Shout with joy, everything in the sky! Be happy, everything on the earth! Sing loudly, you mountains! Be happy, because the Lord comforts his people. He will be kind to his people who are suffering.
I am very happy, because of what the Lord, my God, has done. I have so much joy! He has given salvation to me, like clothes that I can wear all the time. I have his righteousness as my coat! He makes me handsome, like a bridegroom who wears a priest's hat. He makes me beautiful, like a bride who wears her jewels.
And when you see these things happen, you will feel very happy! You will become strong and healthy, like fresh grass. The Lord's servants will know that he is there to bless them. But his enemies will see that he is angry with them.
My special people of Israel, I will make you strong again. You will be so happy that you dance, as people make music with tambourines.
You will hear the sounds of happy people. You will hear the songs of men and women at their weddings. You will hear the voices of people as they bring gifts to the Lord's temple to thank him. They will say, ‘We thank the Lord Almighty, because he is good. His faithful love continues for ever.’ Yes, I will make the land successful again, as it was before.” That is what the Lord says.
I will still sing to thank the Lord! I will be happy because God is the one who makes me safe.
The angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. Listen! I bring you good news. This news will make everyone very happy.
So Zacchaeus came down immediately and took Jesus into his home. He was very happy about this.
When a man marries a wife, she belongs to him. The man's special friend listens carefully. He wants to know when the man will arrive. That friend is very happy when he hears the man's voice. I am like that friend, so I am completely happy now.
The group of believers at Antioch sent Paul, Barnabas and the other men on their way. They travelled through Phoenicia and Samaria. They spoke to the believers in those places. They told them, ‘Gentiles are also turning to God and they are believing in Jesus.’ The believers were all very happy to hear this news.
If God agrees, I will be able to come to you. That will make us happy. I will enjoy some rest while I stay there with you.
Now I say ‘goodbye’ to you, my Christian friends. Do only what is right. Let my message make you strong. Agree with each other. Live together in peace. I pray that God will be with you. He is the one who loves us and gives us peace in our minds.
My dear Christian friends, I love you very much. I want very much to see you again. You make me very happy. You show that my work among you had good results. Please continue to live in a way that pleases the Lord.
At this time, I am suffering on your behalf, but I am still happy. Christ himself suffered on behalf of his people, the church. Now, while I live in my human body, I also suffer. I continue to receive the pain that Christ received, so that it may be complete. In that way, I help the church, which is like Christ's own body.
You are the people who make us very happy! We know that you will continue to trust God. So, when our Lord Jesus returns, we will be proud of you. You will be like a crown that he gives us when we stand in front of him.You know what happened to us before we came to you. The people at Philippi had done bad things to us. They had caused us to suffer. When we came to you, our God helped us to be brave. We were not afraid to tell you his good news. Many people tried to stop us, but we told you God's message. You show the great results of our work. Yes, it is because of you that we are very happy.
We thank God very much for you! You make us very happy when we talk to God about you.
I was very happy to hear about some of your children. I am happy because they are living in a good way. They are obeying the true message about God. They are doing what God our Father has told us to do.
I was very happy when I heard news about you. Some Christian friends came here to tell me about you. They said that you are living in a good way. That is the way that God's true message tells us to live.I am happy when I hear that my children are living like that. When they obey God's true message, it makes me very happy.
God is able to keep you safe so that you continue to trust him. One day you will stand in front of him and you will be very happy. God will bring you to that place and you will be completely good. You will be able to stand near to God, who shines with beautiful light.