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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."
and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company.
These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody.With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.
Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts!For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.O Lord of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of 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 in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult 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, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, 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.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.
But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.
The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time.You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit who can bear it?
through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.All nations surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the Lord helped me.The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord.The Lord has disciplined me severely, But He has not given me over to death.Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.Oh let Israel say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
And the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.
The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”
And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.
Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory.
When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion, We were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?
Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men!
Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You.For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield.
I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,
Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.
So the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.
You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’