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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).
Everybody should give as they've already decided—not reluctantly, or because they have to, for God loves those who give with a cheerful spirit.
A good answer makes people happy—it's great to say the right thing at the right moment!
You have shown me the path of life, filling me with joy with your presence and the delight of living with you forever.
Remain cheerful in the hope you have, put up with the troubles that come, keep on praying.
Always be full of joy,never stop praying,be thankful in every situation—because this is what God in Christ Jesus wants you to do.
Yes, you're grieving now, but I will see you again; and you will rejoice, and no one can take away your joy.
Everyone on earth shout for joy to the Lord!Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with joyful songs!
I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
The Lord's instructions are right, making people glad. The Lord's commandments are sincere, helping people see what is good.
The Lord your God is among you as a mighty warrior who saves. He will be so happy with you. He will renew his love for you. He will celebrate over you with loud singing.
I am crushed as I remember how I walked with the crowds, leading them in a procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and songs of thanks among the worshipers at the festival.
So go ahead and eat your food, and enjoy it. Drink your wine with a happy heart. That's what God intends that you should do.
The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.
I concluded that there's nothing better than being happy and looking for the good in life.In addition everyone should eat and drink and enjoy their work—this is God's gift to us.
for God's kingdom is not about eating and drinking, but about living right, having peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Even though there are no blossoms on the fig trees and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no harvest; even though there are no animals in the pen and no cattle in the stalls;still I will be happy in the Lord, joyful in the God of my salvation.
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you cannot see him now, you trust in him and you're filled with wonderful, indescribable happiness.
For his anger only lasts a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime. You may spend the night in tears, but happiness comes with the morning.
You have turned my weeping into dancing. You have taken off my clothes of sackcloth and dressed me in happiness,
The faces of those who look to him will shine with joy; they will never be downcast with shame.
But those who are right with God are happy, and they celebrate in God's presence, full of joy.
You've made me so happy, Lord, because of all you've done for me! I sing for joy at what you've done!
Light shines on those who do good, giving joy to those who live right. Be happy in the Lord, you who do right, and thank him for his holy nature!
We laughed so much, we sang for joy. The other nations said, “The Lord has done wonderful things for these people.”The Lord certainly has done wonderful things for us. How happy we were!
If you're happy inside, you'll have a cheerful face, but if you're sad, you look crushed.
To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.
In addition, everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions he also gives the ability to enjoy these gifts, to be grateful for what they are given, and to enjoy the work they do. This is also God's gift to us.
Look! God is my salvation! I will trust in him and I won't be afraid! For the Lord is my strength and song, and he has saved me!”With great happiness you will take water from the well of salvation.
Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.
Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.
You will live happily, taught the ways of peace. Mountains and hills will celebrate, singing beside you; and all the trees will clap their hands!
The Lord will give to everyone who mourns in Zion a crown instead of ashes on their head, the oil of happiness instead of mourning, clothes of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of integrity, planted by the Lord to reveal his glory.
When I received your messages, I ate them up! What you said made me really happy—I was delighted. I belong to you, Lord God Almighty!
The girls will dance in celebration; young men and old people will join in too. I will turn their sorrow into joy, and I will comfort them and change their sadness into happiness.
Be glad, be really glad, for you will receive a great reward in heaven—for they persecuted the prophets who came before you in just the same way.
His master said to him, ‘You've done well—you are a good, faithful servant. You have proved yourself trustworthy over small things, so now I'm placing you in charge over many things. Be happy because I'm really pleased with you!’
“How happy are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. How happy are you who are hungry now, for you will eat all you need. How happy are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh.
But don't take delight that the spirits do what you tell them—just be glad that your names are written in heaven.”
I tell you that there's more joy in heaven over a sinner that repents than over ninety-nine good people who don't need to repent.
I've explained this to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will turn into joy.
Now I'm coming to you, and I say these things while I am still here in the world so they may share completely in my joy.
It's through Jesus, trusting in him, that we've gained access to this position of grace where we now stand, looking forward with happiness and confidence to sharing in God's glory.When the law was introduced, sin became even more obvious. But while sin became much more obvious, grace became even more obvious!Just as sin ruled us and brought us death, now grace rules by making us right with God, bringing us eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Not only this—we also remain confident when problems come, because we know that experiencing problems develops spiritual stamina.
May the God of hope completely fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you will overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit!
I speak up very strongly for you because I am so proud of you. You are such an encouragement to me. I am so happy for you despite all our troubles.
But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,
To sum up: my dear friends, delight in the Lord! It's not a burden for me to repeat these things to you—it's to keep you safe!
Then the peace that comes from God, which is better than we can ever imagine, will protect your thoughts and attitudes in Christ Jesus.
May you be made powerfully strong by his wonderful strength, having great patience and endurance.
Let Christ's message fully live in you. In every wise way teach and instruct one another through psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing praises to God in gratitude and sincerity.
You were imitating us and the Lord when you received the message, for despite your troubles you experienced the joy the Holy Spirit gives.
We should keep on looking to Jesus, the one who begins and completes our trust in God. Because of the joy ahead of him Jesus endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God's throne.
My friends, choose to stay happy even when all kinds of troubles come your way,because human anger doesn't reflect the good character of God.So get rid of all that's filthy and evil. Humbly accept the word that's been implanted within you—for this is what can save you.But do what the word says—don't just listen to it and delude yourselves.If you just listen to the word, and don't act on it, it's like staring at your own face in a mirror.You see yourself, but then you leave, and immediately forget what you looked like.But if you look to the perfect law of freedom and follow it, not as someone who just listens and then forgets, but as someone who acts on it—then you will be blessed in what you do.If you think you're religious, but don't control what you say, you deceive yourself—your religion is pointless.In the eyes of our God and Father, religion that's pure and genuine is to visit orphans and widows in their suffering, and to keep yourself from being contaminated by the world.because you know that endurance comes from dealing with challenges to your trust in God.
Be happy to the extent that you share in Christ's suffering, because when he appears in his glory, you will be incredibly happy!
But may all those who trust in you be happy—may they sing for joy forever. May you spread your protection over them so that everyone who loves your character may celebrate.
So be happy in the Lord and celebrate, you who do good. Shout for joy, all you who live right!
How happy are those who know how to shout your praises, Lord. They live in the light of your presence. They celebrate the person you are all day long, so glad that you do what's right.
Come, let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout in triumph to the rock of our salvation!For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘They are people who are unfaithful to me in their minds, and they refuse to accept my ways.’So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They will certainly not enter my rest.’”Let's go before him with thanksgiving! Let's sing loudly to him in celebration!
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy!Those who weep as they go out to sow their seed will be singing in celebration when they carry the harvest home.
You will make the nation grow enormously, and will make it extremely happy. The people will celebrate before you as people celebrate at harvest-time, as soldiers celebrate when dividing up what has been looted.
The humble will be even happier in the Lord, and the poor will find their joy in the Holy One of Israel.
Heavens, shout for joy! Earth, celebrate! Mountains, sing out in happiness! The Lord has come to care for his people, and he will treat his suffering people kindly.
I will happily celebrate in the Lord! My whole being will shout praises to my God. For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation, and has wrapped around me a robe of goodness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for the wedding, like a bride wearing her jewels.
When you see this happening, you'll be happy deep inside, and you'll prosper like growing grass. The Lord's power will be recognized as blessing his servants and cursing his enemies.
I'm going to rebuild you, and it will happen. You will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will pick up your tambourines again and run outside to dance with joy.
the sounds of joy and celebration will be heard there again, the happy voices of bride and bridegroom, and the shouts of praise of those bringing thank offerings to the Lord's Temple, saying: “Thank the Lord Almighty! For the Lord is good; his trustworthy love lasts forever.” For I will bring the land back from its “captivity” too, says the Lord.
“Don't be afraid!” the angel told them. “I'm here to bring you good news that will make the all the people really glad.
The bridegroom is the one who has the bride! The best man waits, listening for the bridegroom, and is so happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice—in the same way my happiness is now complete.
The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they explained how foreigners were being converted, which made all the believers very happy.
Pray that I will come to you with gladness, as God wills, so we can enjoy one another's company.
Finally, brothers and sisters, I say goodbye. Continue to improve spiritually. Encourage one another. Be in agreement. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
So stand firm in the Lord, my dear friends who mean so much to me, who make me so happy! To me you are my crowning achievement! I truly love you and long to see you!
I'm happy to have trouble for your sake, for by means of what happens to me physically I'm part of Christ's sufferings that he continues to experience for the sake of his body, the church.
For what gives us hope, what makes us happy, what we are really proud of as we stand before our Lord Jesus Christ when he comes back—is having you there too!You'll recall that after having had much trouble and bad treatment at Philippi, with the help of God we still dared to share God's good news with you, despite the opposition we faced.You are our pride and joy!
As we go into the presence of our God, how can we ever thank God enough for you because of all the joy you bring to us?
I was delighted to discover that some of your children are following the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
I was delighted when some fellow-believers arrived and told me about your commitment to the truth, and how you continue living in the truth.Nothing makes me happier than to hear how my dear friends are following the truth.
Now to him who can keep you from falling, and who can bring you into his glorious presence without fault, and with great joy,