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112 Bible Verses about Joy
I want to tell you about a joy that can chase away every sadness and fill your heart to overflowing. It's not a fleeting feeling based on how your day is going, but something you build day by day in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
It's your relationship with the Holy Spirit that will lead you to truly know God. And once you know Him, you'll worship Him in a way that pours out of you like a river of praise, just thinking about how amazing your Savior is. You'll understand His goodness in your life, and laughter will just bubble up.
That's when you'll realize that the happiness this world offers is based on things that fade away, but the joy Jesus puts in your soul lasts forever. God wants you to find refuge in Him, and even in the midst of tears, to find a song of worship rising within you.
When you come to Him, surrendering at His feet, you'll be filled and comforted. Even when you're going through tough times, trials, and struggles, the joy of the Lord will be your strength, and you'll be able to keep going, fulfilling the purpose God has for you.
By God’s grace, His joy will uphold you and give you what you need to face anything. As Psalm 28:7 (NIV) says, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him."
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,now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
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.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the Lord, the King.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts!For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.O Lord of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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.
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.
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.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
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.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
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.
For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
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.
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 the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
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.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
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.
When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
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.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off.I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the Lord helped me.The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord performs with valor!The right hand of the Lord is exalted! The right hand of the Lord performs with valor!”I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.The Lord disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the Lord.Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
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.
And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the Lord freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord performs with valor!
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The Lord be magnified!”
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
When the Lord restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. 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.”
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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 kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
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.”
In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered and set me free.The Lord is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,
How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
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.For surely You, O Lord, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
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.
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.