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!

Let every man give according to the purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

A man has joy in the apt reply of his mouth, and a timely word spoken, how good it is!

You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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

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

rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer,

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

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.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with singing.

A heart of cheer does good like a medicine, but a wounded spirit dries up the bones.

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.

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

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty One, who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I would go with the throng of people, and lead them in procession to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping festival.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your works.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank Him.

I know that there is nothing better for people than to be glad and do good in their life,and also that everyone should eat and drink and experience good in all their labor. This is a gift of God.

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

Though the fig tree does not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the yield of the olive fails, and the fields produce no food; though the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls—yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation.

whom, having not seen, you love; and in whom, though you do not see Him now, you believe and you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

For His anger endures but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime; weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; You have taken off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise is becoming to the upright.

They looked to Him and became radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.

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

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God; let them rejoice exceedingly.

For You, O  Lord, have made me glad through Your work; I will sing joyfully at the works of Your hands.

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name!

Then was our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then said they among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad.

Blessed are the people who are in such a state; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

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

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

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

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report gives health to the bones.

To do justice is joy to the righteous, but terror to the workers of iniquity.

To the person who is pleasing before Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the one who sins, He gives the task to gather and collect, to give to the other person who is pleasing before God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Likewise, everyone to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and the ability to eat from it, and to receive his reward and to rejoice in his labor—this is a gift from God.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.

and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

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

to preserve those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.

Your words were found and I ate them. And Your word became to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O  Lord God of Hosts.

Then the virgin shall 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 sorrow.

Rejoice and be very glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, you good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.’

So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Likewise, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous men who need no repentance.

Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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

Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

“But now I am coming to You, and I say these things in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy with Your presence.’

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

through whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and so we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.But the law entered, so that sin might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded much more,so that just as sin reigned in death, grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Not only so, but we also boast in tribulation, knowing that tribulation produces patience,

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

Great is my boldness of speech toward you; great is my boasting of you. I am filled with comfort, and I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,

In every prayer of mine for you all, I have always made requests with joy,

For this reason you also take delight and rejoice with me.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me, and it is reassuring for you.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

strengthened with all might according to His glorious power, enduring everything with perseverance and patience joyfully,

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

You became followers of us and the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit.

Rejoice always.

greatly desiring to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy,

Let us look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man viewing his natural face in a mirror.He views himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deeds.If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience.

But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ’s sufferings, so that you may rejoice and be glad also in the revelation of His glory.

We are writing these things to you so that our joy may be complete.

But let all those who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those who love Your name be joyful in You.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

Clap your hands, all you people! Shout to God with a voice of triumph.

Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk, O  Lord, in the light of Your countenance.In Your name they rejoice all day long, and in Your righteousness they are exalted.

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation!For forty years I loathed that generation, and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they do not know My ways.”Therefore I swore in My wrath, “They shall not enter My rest.”Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms!

Those who sow in tears shall reap with joy.He who goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall come home with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

You have multiplied the nation and increased the joy; they rejoice before You according to the joy of harvest and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Sing, O heavens! And be joyful, O earth! And break forth into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have mercy on His afflicted.

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

Then you shall see this, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb; and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward His servants, and His indignation toward His enemies.

Again I will build you and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines and shall go forth in the dances of those who make 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 who shall say, “Give thanks to the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good; for His mercy endures forever,” and of those who bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord, for I will restore the fortunes of the land as at the first, says the Lord.

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

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great excitement.

And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people.

So he hurried and came down, and received Him joyfully.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

So there was much joy in that city.

So being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers.

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

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be complete, be of good comfort, be of one mind, and live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brothers, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake and fill up in my flesh that which is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Will it not even be you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?But even after we had previously suffered and were shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to declare to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.You are our glory and joy.

For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,

I greatly rejoiced that I found some of your children walking in truth as we were commanded by the Father.

For I greatly rejoiced when brothers came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with rejoicing,

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