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 the increase of the land is for all. The sovereign himself is served from the field.

whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,obtaining the goal of your belief: a deliverance of lives.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

that I might come to you with joy, through the desire of Elohim, and be refreshed together with you.

Your witnesses are my inheritance forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

These words I have spoken to you, so that My joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete.

I have rejoiced in the way of Your witnesses, As over all riches.

Be glad in the day of prosperity, but in the evil day take note that Elohim has also appointed the one as well as the other, so that man should not uncover whatever shall be after him.

as sad, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having none, and yet possessing all.

“But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”

“I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous ones who need no repentance.

Raise a shout to יהוה, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.

Come, let us sing to יהוה! Let us raise a shout to the Rock of our deliverance.

Let the Word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing with pleasure in your hearts to the Master in psalms and songs of praise and spiritual songs.

Raise a shout to יהוה, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.Sing to יהוה with the lyre, With the lyre and the voice of a song,With trumpets and a voice of a shophar; Raise a shout before יהוה, the Sovereign.

That I might come to the slaughter-place of Elohim, To Ěl, the joy of my delight, And praise You with the lyre, O Elohim, my Elohim.

How lovely are Your dwelling places, O יהוה of hosts!For a day in Your courts Is better than a thousand days. I have chosen rather to be a doorkeeper In the House of my Elohim, Than to dwell in the tents of the wrong.For יהוה Elohim is a sun and a shield; יהוה gives favour and esteem; He withholds no good matter From those who walk blamelessly.O יהוה of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ěl.

You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.

Rejoice in יהוה always, again I say, rejoice!

For His displeasure is for a moment, His delight is for life; Weeping might last for the night, But joy comes in the morning.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,

יהוה shall do great deeds for us, We shall be glad.

And the Elohim of expectation fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you overflow with expectation by the power of the Set-apart Spirit.

This is the day יהוה has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Rejoice always,

Rejoice in יהוה, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His Set-apartness.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; Let them ever shout for joy, because You shelter them; And let those who love Your Name exult in You.

I greatly rejoice in יהוה, my being exults in my Elohim. For He has put garments of deliverance on me, 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.

A glad heart makes good a face, But by sorrow of heart the spirit is stricken.

But I am like a green olive tree In the House of Elohim, I have trusted in the loving-commitment of Elohim Forever and ever.I thank You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your lovingly-committed ones I wait on Your Name, for it is good.

looking to the Prince and Perfecter of our belief, יהושע, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the stake, having despised the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.

Aleph I bless יהוה at all times; His praise is continually in my mouth.

Raise a shout for יהוה, All the earth!Serve יהוה with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.

For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him glad with the joy of Your presence.

And you shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.

A rejoicing heart causes good healing, But a stricken spirit dries the bones.

But the righteous are glad, They exult before Elohim. And they rejoice with gladness.

Those sowing in tears, shall reap with songs of joy.

Praise Yah! Sing to יהוה a new song, His praise in an assembly of lovingly-committed ones.

Rejoice and be glad, because your reward in the heavens is great. For in this way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Therefore my heart was glad, and my esteem rejoices; My flesh also dwells in safety.

“For with joy you go out, and with peace you are brought in – the mountains and the hills break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field clap the hands.

For You have made me rejoice with Your work, O יהוה, I shout for joy at the works of Your hands.

And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not grow weary.

You spread before me a table in the face of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup runs over.

My meditation on Him is sweet; I rejoice in יהוה.

Mind the matters above, not those on the earth.

Blessed are the people Who know the sounding! They walk, O יהוה, in the light of Your face.

Excellency and splendour are before Him, Strength and gladness are in His place.

The eyes of all look to You expectantly, And You are giving them their food in its season,Opening Your hand and satisfying The desire of all that live.

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of Elohim.Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your lives.And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.Because 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 he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like.But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah.If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is worthless.Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.knowing that the proving of your belief works endurance.

And his master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ ”

And יהוה repays me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.

I rejoice and exult in You; I sing praise to Your Name, O Most High.

Aleph Praise Yah! I thank יהוה with all my heart, Bĕt In the company of the straight, and of the congregation.

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness, But who does bear a broken spirit?

יהוה is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You uphold my lot.

Turn back our captivity, O יהוה, Like the streams in the South.

through whom also we have access by belief into this favour in which we stand, and we exult in the expectation of the esteem of Elohim.

Be glad in יהוה and exult, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Make me walk in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.

O Elohim, my heart is steadfast; I sing and give praise – even my esteem.

Give thanks to יהוה, for He is good! For His loving-commitment is everlasting.

to appoint unto those who mourn in Tsiyon: to give them embellishment for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And they shall be called trees of righteousness, a planting of יהוה, to be adorned.

My lips shout for joy when I sing to You, Even my being, which You have redeemed.

O that the deliverance of Yisra’ĕl Would be given out of Tsiyon! When יהוה turns back the captivity of His people, Let Ya‛aqoḇ rejoice, let Yisra’ĕl be glad.

For our heart does rejoice in Him, For we have put our trust in His set-apart Name.

For the rest, my brothers, rejoice in יהוה. To write the same matters to you is truly no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

Oh, give thanks to יהוה, for He is good! Because His loving-commitment is everlasting.All the nations surrounded me, In the Name of יהוה I shall cut them off.They surrounded me, Yes, they surrounded me; In the Name of יהוה shall I cut them off.They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like burning thorns; In the Name of יהוה I shall cut them off.Pushing, the enemy pushed me to fall, But יהוה helped me.Yah is my strength and song, And He has become my deliverance.The voice of rejoicing and deliverance Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of יהוה is doing mightily.The right hand of יהוה is exalted, The right hand of יהוה acts mightily.Let me not die, but live, And declare the works of Yah.Yah has punished me severely, But did not give me over to death.Open to me the gates of righteousness; I enter through them, I thank Yah.Let Yisra’ĕl now say, “His loving-commitment is everlasting.”

Respond to יהוה with thanksgiving; Sing praises on a lyre to our Elohim,

And the ransomed of יהוה shall return and enter Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And the people rejoiced, for they had given voluntarily, because with a perfect heart they had given voluntarily to יהוה. And Dawiḏ the sovereign also rejoiced greatly.

I declare the esteemed splendour of Your excellency, And the matters of Your wondrous works.

The voice of rejoicing and deliverance Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of יהוה is doing mightily.

And delight yourself in יהוה, And let Him give you the desires of your heart.

Let all those who seek You Rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your deliverance always say, “יהוה be exalted!”

And it shall be said in that day, “See, this is our Elohim. We have waited for Him, and He saves us. This is יהוה, we have waited for Him, let us be glad and rejoice in His deliverance.”

Let the lovingly-committed ones exult in esteem; Let them sing aloud on their beds.

As for the set-apart ones who are on the earth, They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Yet I am always with You, You took hold of my right hand.You lead me by Your counsel, And afterward receive me unto esteem.

When יהוה turns back the captivity of Tsiyon, We shall be like dreamers.Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing, Then shall they say among the nations, “יהוה has done great deeds for them.”

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a slaughter offering of praise to Elohim, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His Name.

But let my own being exult in יהוה; Let it rejoice in His deliverance.

And Dawiḏ spoke to the leaders of the Lĕwites to appoint their brothers the singers with instruments of song, harps, and lyres, and cymbals, to lift up the voice with joy.

Have I not calmed, and kept my being silent, Like one weaned by its mother? My being is like one weaned.

I have longed for Your deliverance, O יהוה, And Your Torah is my delight.

The righteous look forward to joy, But the expectancy of the wrong ones perish.

The orders of יהוה are straight, rejoicing the heart; The command of יהוה is clear, enlightening the eyes;

Restore to me the joy of Your deliverance, And uphold me, Noble Spirit!

“Again, the reign of the heavens is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man having found it, hid, and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To put an end to enemy and avenger.

But thanks to Elohim who gives us the overcoming through our Master יהושע Messiah.

My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ěl.

I give thanks to You, For I am awesomely and wondrously made! Wondrous are Your works, And my being knows it well.

And again it says, “Rejoice, O nations, with His people!”

“See, Ěl is my deliverance, I trust and am not afraid. For Yah, יהוה, is my strength and my song; and He has become my deliverance.”

I called on Yah in distress; Yah answered me in a broad place.יהוה is on my side; I do not fear what man does to me!

And being persuaded of this, I know that I shall stay and continue with you all, for your progress and joy of belief,

How great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those fearing You, Which You have prepared for those taking refuge in You In the sight of the sons of men!

Then he said to them, “Go, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom none is prepared. For this day is set-apart to our Master. Do not be sad, for the joy of יהוה is your strength.”

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; Let them ever shout for joy, because You shelter them; And let those who love Your Name exult in You.For You bless the righteous, O יהוה; You surround him with favour as with a shield.

I exult and rejoice in Your loving-commitment, For You have seen my affliction; You have known the distresses of my life,

All the days of the afflicted are evil, But gladness of heart is a continual feast.

“See, Ěl is my deliverance, I trust and am not afraid. For Yah, יהוה, is my strength and my song; and He has become my deliverance.”And you shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.

And let the ransomed of יהוה return. And they shall come to Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. Let them attain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

“Until now you have asked naught in My Name. Ask, and you shall receive, in order that your joy might be complete.

‘You have made known to me the ways of life, You shall fill me with joy in Your presence.’

rejoicing in the expectancy, enduring under pressure, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

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