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VERSES ABOUT JOY
Think about it: the joy of the Lord doesn't just fill you with strength, it brings us all together. It's a joy that's not meant to be kept to yourself; it needs to be shared. Just like the Israelites were instructed to celebrate and share what they had with each other, you can spread the joy of the Lord with everyone you know.
This joy challenges you to love your neighbor and share the Gospel. When your heart is joyful in God, you are strong and empowered to spread that joy throughout your community. It's a lasting joy, something no one can take away.
Psalm 98:4-6 says, "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn— shout for joy before the Lord, the King." You can find so many verses like this that talk about the joy of our God.
You teach me the way of life. In your presence is total celebration. Beautiful things are always in your right hand.
“Go, eat rich food, and drink something sweet,” he said to them, “and send portions of this to any who have nothing ready! This day is holy to our LORD. Don’t be sad, because the joy from the LORD is your strength!”
His anger lasts for only a second, but his favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay all night, but by morning, joy!
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.
I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete.
Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you’re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer.
You who are righteous, rejoice in the LORD and be glad! All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!
Rejoice always.Pray continually.Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive so that your joy will be complete.
Although you’ve never seen him, you love him. Even though you don’t see him now, you trust him and so rejoice with a glorious joy that is too much for words.You are receiving the goal of your faith: your salvation.
God’s kingdom isn’t about eating food and drinking but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver.
I surely rejoice in the LORD; my heart is joyful because of my God, because he has clothed me with clothes of victory, wrapped me in a robe of righteousness like a bridegroom in a priestly crown, and like a bride adorned in jewelry.
Though the fig tree doesn’t bloom, and there’s no produce on the vine; though the olive crop withers, and the fields don’t provide food; though the sheep are cut off from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls;I will rejoice in the LORD. I will rejoice in the God of my deliverance.
My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy.After all, you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God’s glory.But not only that! We even take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
Yes, you will go out with celebration, and you will be brought back in peace. Even the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you; all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
All you who are righteous, shout joyfully to the LORD! It’s right for those who do right to praise God.
The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him. I was helped, my heart rejoiced, and I thank him with my song.
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you. I give to you not as the world gives. Don’t be troubled or afraid.
Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity.They praised God and demonstrated God’s goodness to everyone. The Lord added daily to the community those who were being saved.
My lips will rejoice aloud when I make music for you; my whole being, which you saved, will do the same.
Sing, heavens! Rejoice, earth! Break out, mountains, with a song. The LORD has comforted his people, and taken pity on those who suffer.
But let all who take refuge in you celebrate. Let them sing out loud forever! Protect them so that all who love your name can rejoice in you.
speak to each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music to the Lord in your hearts;always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
The people who know the celebratory shout are truly happy! They walk in the light of your presence, LORD!They rejoice in your name all day long and are uplifted by your righteousness
The expectations of the righteous result in joy, but the hopes of the wicked will perish.
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice because the spirits submit to you. Rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.”
Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
But even if I am poured out like a drink offering upon the altar of service for your faith, I am glad. I’m glad with all of you.You should be glad about this in the same way. Be glad with me!
The people who have it like this are truly happy! The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy!
Rejoice when that happens! Leap for joy because you have a great reward in heaven. Their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.
to provide for Zion’s mourners, to give them a crown in place of ashes, oil of joy in place of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of discouragement. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, planted by the LORD to glorify himself.
Light is planted like seed for the righteous person; joy too for those whose heart is right.
When your words turned up, I feasted on them; and they became my joy, the delight of my heart, because I belong to you, LORD God of heavenly forces.
Deceit is in the heart of those who plan evil, but there is joy for those who advise peace.
Our mouths were suddenly filled with laughter; our tongues were filled with joyful shouts. It was even said, at that time, among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them!”
Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! Let the nations say, “The LORD rules!”
Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it roar!Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate! Then all the trees of the forest too will shout out joyfully
But let all who seek you celebrate and rejoice in you. Let those who love your salvation always say, “The LORD is great!”
The LORD your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing.
Now I’m coming to you and I say these things while I’m in the world so that they can share completely in my joy.
Because of the abundant presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives, the disciples were overflowing with happiness.
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides the clouds! The LORD is his name. Celebrate before him!
Be glad and rejoice forever in what I’m creating, because I’m creating Jerusalem as a joy and her people as a source of gladness.
So then, my brothers and sisters, be glad in the Lord. It’s no trouble for me to repeat the same things to you because they will help keep you on track.
because you’ve made me happy, LORD, by your acts. I sing with joy because of your handiwork.
Then Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the LORD. My strength rises up in the LORD! My mouth mocks my enemies because I rejoice in your deliverance.
Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Share the news of his saving work every single day!Declare God’s glory among the nations; declare his wondrous works among all people
Therefore, my brothers and sisters whom I love and miss, who are my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord. Loved ones,
My very being longs, even yearns, for the LORD’s courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to the living God!
Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the LORD your God, because he will give you the early rain as a sign of righteousness; he will pour down abundant rain for you, the early and the late rain, as before.
Let me come to God’s altar— let me come to God, my joy, my delight— then I will give you thanks with the lyre, God, my God!
He brought them into his home and gave them a meal. He was overjoyed because he and everyone in his household had come to believe in God.
I have every confidence in you. I’m terribly proud of you. I’m filled with encouragement. I’m overwhelmed with happiness while in the middle of our problems.
You have made the nation great; you have increased its joy. They rejoiced before you as with joy at the harvest, as those who divide plunder rejoice.
I’m fully satisfied— as with a rich dinner. My mouth speaks praise with joy on my lips—whenever I ponder you on my bed, whenever I meditate on you in the middle of the night—because you’ve been a help to me and I shout for joy in the protection of your wings.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete.“As the Father loved me, I too have loved you. Remain in my love.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness. No wonder God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than all your companions!
Sing, heavens, for the LORD has acted; shout, depths of the earth! Burst out with a ringing cry, you mountains, forest, and every tree in it. The LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself through Israel.
In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives.
And not only that: we even take pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, the one through whom we now have a restored relationship with God.
The LORD’s ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. Happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and groaning will flee away.
Then the young women will dance for joy; the young and old men will join in. I will turn their mourning into laughter and their sadness into joy; I will comfort them.
They will say on that day, “Look! This is our God, for whom we have waited— and he has saved us! This is the LORD, for whom we have waited; let’s be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
Let the people celebrate and shout with joy because you judge the nations fairly and guide all nations on the earth. Selah
We are the circumcision. We are the ones who serve by God’s Spirit and who boast in Christ Jesus. We don’t put our confidence in rituals performed on the body,
everyone who is called by my name and whom I created for my glory, whom I have formed and made.
That’s why my heart celebrates and my mood is joyous; yes, my whole body will rest in safety
You will say on that day: “I thank you, LORD. Though you were angry with me, your anger turned away and you comforted me.
We know that God works all things together for good for the ones who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion.
The LORD is my strength and my power; he has become my salvation. This is my God, whom I will praise, the God of my ancestors, whom I will acclaim.
After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy.
It isn’t that we are trying to control your faith, but we are working with you for your happiness, because you stand firm in your faith.
I’m sure of this: I will stay alive and remain with all of you to help your progress and the joy of your faith,
You will have a feast there, each of you and your families, in the LORD your God’s presence, and you will celebrate all you have done because the LORD your God has blessed you.
Then let those ransomed by the LORD return and come to Zion with singing and with everlasting joy upon their heads. Let happiness and joy overwhelm them; let grief and groaning flee.
They will rave in celebration of your abundant goodness; they will shout joyfully about your righteousness:
I will sing of the LORD’s loyal love forever. I will proclaim your faithfulness with my own mouth from one generation to the next.That’s why I say, “Your loyal love is rightly built—forever! You establish your faithfulness in heaven.”
Every good gift, every perfect gift, comes from above. These gifts come down from the Father, the creator of the heavenly lights, in whose character there is no change at all.
Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our king! Sing praisesbecause God is king of the whole world! Sing praises with a song of instruction!
Bless the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing that comes from heaven.
They worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem overwhelmed with joy.And they were continuously in the temple praising God.
Nevertheless, he hasn’t left himself without a witness. He has blessed you by giving you rain from above as well as seasonal harvests, and satisfying you with food and happiness.”
Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
In the same way, you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and you will be overjoyed. No one takes away your joy.
Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
But thank God, who is always leading us around through Christ as if we were in a parade. He releases the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere through us.
So I will bless you as long as I’m alive; I will lift up my hands in your name.I’m fully satisfied— as with a rich dinner. My mouth speaks praise with joy on my lips—
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song; sing God’s praise in the assembly of the faithful!
Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people and praise God in the assembly of the elders.
I give thanks to you with all my heart, LORD. I sing your praise before all other gods.I bow toward your holy temple and thank your name for your loyal love and faithfulness because you have made your name and word greater than everything else.
“His master replied, ‘Excellent! You are a good and faithful servant! You’ve been faithful over a little. I’ll put you in charge of much. Come, celebrate with me.’
I will praise the LORD with all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
Don’t get drunk on wine, which produces depravity. Instead, be filled with the Spirit in the following ways:speak to each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music to the Lord in your hearts;always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Instead, rejoice as you share Christ’s suffering. You share his suffering now so that you may also have overwhelming joy when his glory is revealed.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord when you accepted the message that came from the Holy Spirit with joy in spite of great suffering.
Give praise to God’s holy name! Let the hearts of all those seeking the LORD rejoice!Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make his deeds known to all people!Sing to God, sing praises to him; dwell on all his wondrous works!