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).

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

Each one as he purposes in his heart, not out of grief or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. Prov. 22:8

Joy is to a man by the answer of his mouth, and how good is a word in its time.

You will make Me know the way of life. In Your presence is fullness of joys; at Your right hand are pleasures forever.

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

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

in hope, rejoicing; in distress, enduring; in prayer, steadfastly continuing;

Rejoice always.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

And you, therefore, truly have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy from you.

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to Jehovah, all the land.Worship Jehovah with gladness; come before His face with joyful singing.

A joyful heart makes good healing, but a stricken spirit dries the bones.

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even I.

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

The expectation of the righteous ones is joyful, but the hope of the wicked ones shall perish.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart. The command of Jehovah is pure, giving light to the eyes.

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

When I remember these things and I pour out my soul on me (for I passed over with the throng; I led them to the house of God with the voice of rejoicing and praise, a host keeping the feast).

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a good heart, for God now is pleased with your works.

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

I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice to do good in his life.And also every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labor, it is the gift of God.

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

Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the product of the olive fails, and the fields make no food; the flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls,yet I will exult in Jehovah; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

whom having not known, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing, you exult with joy unspeakable and being glorified,

For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure in the evening, but a ringing cry of joy comes in the morning.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have loosed my sackcloth and have clothed me with gladness.

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

They looked to Him and and their faces shone and were not ashamed.

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

But the righteous ones are glad; they shout for joy before God; yea, they exult with gladness.

For You have made me glad with Your work, O Jehovah; I will sing out in the works of Your hands.

Light is sown for the righteous one, and gladness for the upright in heart.Be glad in Jehovah, O righteous ones; give thanks to the memory of His holiness.

Then our mouth was full of laughter, and our tongue gave a ringing cry of joy; then they said among the nations, Jehovah will work great things with these.Jehovah did great things to work with us; we are glad.

Blessed are the peoples that are so; blessed are the peoples whose God is Jehovah!

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

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

A joyful heart makes a good face, but by pain of heart the spirit is stricken.

All the days of the afflicted one are evil days, but a good heart is a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, a good report makes the bones fat.

It is joy to the righteous one to do justice, but ruin shall come to the workers of iniquity.

For God gives wisdom, and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and to heap up, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and striving after wind.

Also every man to whom God has given riches and treasures, and gives him power to eat of it, and to take his share, and to rejoice in being a laborer; it is the gift of God.

Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for my strength and song is Jah Jehovah; yea, He has become my salvation.And you shall draw waters out of the wells of salvation with joy.

And ones being ransomed of Jehovah shall return and enter Zion with a ringing cry of joy. and with everlasting joy on their head; gladness and joy shall reach them, and sorrow and sighing shall flee.

Yea, the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be on their head; gladness and joy shall overtake them; sorrow and sighing shall flee.

For you shall go out with joy and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break out into song before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap the palm.

to appoint to the mourning ones of Zion, to give them beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the spirit of infirmity, so that one calls them trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, in order to beautify Himself.

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, God of Hosts.

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, both young men and elders together. For I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Rejoice and be exceeding joyful, for your reward is great in Heaven; for in this way they persecuted the prophets, the ones before you.

And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful over a few things; I will set you over many. Enter into the joy of your lord.

And going away from the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, they ran to report to His disciples.

and my spirit exulted in God my Savior.

Blessed are those hungering now, for you will be filled. Blessed are the ones weeping now, for you will laugh.

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

I say to you that so is joy in Heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.

I say to you, So there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner repenting.

I have spoken these things to you that My joy may abide in you, and your joy may be made full.

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and will lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be grieved, but your grief will become joy.

And now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world, that they may have My joy having been fulfilled in them.

You revealed to Me paths of life; You will fill Me with joy with Your face.” LXXPsa. 15:8-11; MT-Psa. 16:8-11

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

through whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we glory on the hope of the glory of God.And not only so, but we glory also in afflictions, knowing that affliction fully works patient endurance,

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

My boldness toward you is great. My boasting on your behalf is much. I have been filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy on all our affliction.

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

always in my every prayer on your behalf making my prayer with joy

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

For the rest, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you truly is not troublesome to me, but safe for you.

and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

being empowered with all power according to the might of His glory, to all patience and long-suffering with joy;

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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

Rejoice always.

longing to see you, being reminded of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,

looking to the Author and Finisher of our faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, “and has sat down at the right hand” of the throne of God.”

My brothers count it all joy when you fall into various trials,knowing that the testing of your faith works enduring patience.

but according as you share the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; so that you may rejoice exultingly at the revelation of His glory.

And we write these things to you, that your joy may be full.

But all putting their trust in You shall be joyful; they shall shout for joy forever, because You cover them. And those who love Your name shall be joyful in You.

Be glad in Jehovah and rejoice, you righteous ones; and all the upright in heart, give a ringing cry of joy.

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

To the chief musician. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah. All the peoples clap the hand; shout to God with a ringing cry of joy.

O the blessedness of the people knowing the joyful sound; O Jehovah, they shall walk in the light of Your face.They shall rejoice in Your name always; and they are exalted in Your righteousness.

O come, let us sing to Jehovah; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation.Let us go before His face with praise; let us shout to Him with songs.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with a ringing cry of joy.Walking he who walks and weeps, bearing a trail of seed, shall come again with a ringing cry of joy, bearing his sheaves.

You have not multiplied the nation; You have not increased the joy. They rejoice before You as in the joy of harvest, as men shout when they divide the plunder.

And the humble ones shall increase joy in Jehovah, and the poor of men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; break out into singing, O mountains. For Jehovah has comforted His people and will have pity on His afflicted ones.

Rejoicing I will rejoice in Jehovah. My soul shall be joyful in my God. For He clothed me with garments of salvation; He put on me the robe of righteousness, even as a bridegroom puts on his head-dress, and as a bride puts on her ornaments.

And you will see, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the grass. And the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward His servants, and He shall be indignant with His enemies.

Again I will build you, and you shall be built again, O virgin of Israel. You will again put on your tambourines and go forth in the dance of those making merry.

the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying, Praise Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, for His mercy endures forever; those who shall bring the sacrifice of thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will bring back the captivity of the land, as at the first, says Jehovah.

yet I will exult in Jehovah; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

And seeing the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with a great joy.

And the angel said to them, Do not fear. For, behold, I proclaim good news to you, a great joy, which will be to all people,

And hurrying, he came down and welcomed Him, rejoicing.

The one having the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. Then this my joy has been fulfilled.

And great joy was in that city.

Therefore, indeed, being sent forward by the assembly they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating in detail the conversion of the nations. And they caused great joy among all the brothers.

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

For the rest, brothers, rejoice! Perfect yourselves; encourage yourselves, think the same thing, be at peace; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved ones.

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and fill up in my flesh the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ on behalf of His body, which is the Assembly,

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are you not even to be before our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?For you are our glory and joy.

For what thanks are we able to return to God about you, over all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,

I rejoiced greatly because I found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

For I rejoiced greatly at the coming of the brothers, also bearing witness of you in the truth, as you walk in truth.I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear my children are walking in truth.

Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with exultation;

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