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.

Reioyce in the LORDE allwaye,

For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life: thou shalt make me full of ioye wt thy countenaunce. At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.

Therfore sayde he vnto them: Go youre waye, and eate the fat, and drynke the swete, and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues: for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE, be not ye sory therfore: for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength.

For his wrath endureth but the twincklinge of an eye, and his pleasure is in life: heuynesse maye well endure for a night, but ioye commeth in the mornynge.

The God off hope fyll you wt all ioye and peace in beleuynge, yt ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow ye power of the holy goost.

Then shal it be sayed amonge the Heithen: the LORDE hath done greate thinges for them.

But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes,mekenesse, teperaunce, Agaynst soch is not ye lawe:

These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye might remayne in you, and yt youre ioye might be perfecte.

Reioyse in hope, be pacient in trouble. Continue in prayer.

Greate plages shall ye vngodly haue, but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE, mercy shall compasse him on euery syde. Be glad (o ye rightuous) and reioyse in the LORDE, be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte.

Reioyse alwaye,praye contynually,in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.

Be ye sure, yt the LORDE he is God:

Hither to haue ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe, and ye shal receaue, yt youre ioye maye be perfecte.

whom ye haue not sene, and yet loue him: in whom now ye beleue, though ye se him not. Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye,receauynge the ende of youre faith, euen the saluacion of youre soules.

Crie out, and be glad, thou that dwellest in Sion, for greate is thy prince: the holy one of Israel.

This is the daye which the LORDE hath made, let vs reioyse and be glad in it.

A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.

Delyte thou in the LORDE,

For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke, but righteousnes,

euery one acordynge as he hath purposed in his hert, not grudgingly, or of compulsion. For God loueth a chearfull geuer.

And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE,

Thou reioysest myne herte, though their encreace be greate both in corne

For the fyge trees shal not be grene,But as for me, I wil be glad in the LORDE, and will reioyce in God my Sauioure.

My brethren, counte it exceadynge ioye whe ye fall in to diuers temptacions,for as moche as ye knowe, how yt the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience:

In ye multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte, thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule.

by who also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace, wherin we stonde,Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece,

And so shal ye go forth wt ioye,

Reioyse in ye LORDE (o ye rightuous) for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull.

Praysed be ye LORDE, for he hath herde the voyce of my humble peticio.

Peace I leaue vnto you, my peace I geue you: I geue not vnto you, as the worlde geueth. Let not yor hert be troubled, nether let it be afrayed.

I wil be glad

O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, and stablish me with thy fre sprete.

Reioyse therfore in the LORDE, ye rightuous: and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse.

And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the teple, and brake bred in euery house: they toke their meate with ioyepraysinge God, and had fauoure with all ye people. And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued.

(which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all, and praye with gladnesse)

My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe,

But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE, and reioyse in his helpe.

Reioyse ye heauens, and synge prayses thou earth: Talke of ioye ye hilles, for God wil coforte his people,

Agayne, let all them that put their trust in the, reioyse: yee let them euer be geuynge of thankes, because thou defendest them: that they which loue thy name, maye be ioyfull in the.

and talke amoge youre selues of Psalmes, and ymnes, and spirituall songes, synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertesgeuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ,

Thy testimonies haue I claymed as myne heretage for euer:

Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him, strength and ioye is in his place.

Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate, mercy and trueth go before thy face.Blessed is the people (o LORDE) that can reioyse in the, and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce.

For thou shalt geue him euerlastige felicite,

The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shalbe turned to gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shal perish.

Neuertheles, reioyce not ye in this, that the spretes are subdued vnto you: but reioyse, that youre names are wrytten in heauen.

O put thy trust in God, for I wil yet geue him thankes, for the helpe of his countenauce.

yt I maye come vnto you with ioye by ye wyll of God, and refreshe my selfe with you.

Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory, let them reioyse in their beddes.

Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) as the ryuers in the south.

Yee and though I be offred vp vpo the offeryngebe ye glad also, and reioyce ye with me.

Happie are the people that be in soch a case: yee blessed are the people, which haue the LORDE for their God.

But the rightuous shal be glad

Reioyse ye then, and be glad: for beholde, youre rewarde is greate in heauen. Euen thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes also.

that I might geue vnto them yt mourne in Sion, bewty in the steade of asshes, ioyful oyntmet for sighinge, pleasaunt raymet for an heuy mide: That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse, a platinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in.

There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous, and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted.

When I had founde thy wordes, I at them vp gredely: they haue made my hert ioyfull

They that ymagin euell in their mynde, wil disceaue: but the councelers of peace shal heaue ioye folowinge the.

The shal oure mouth be fylled with laughter, and oure tonge with ioye.

And my sprete reioyseth i God my Sauioure.

Let the heauens reioyse, and let the earth be glad: and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen, that the LORDE reigneth.

Let the heaues reioyse, and let the earth be glad: let the see make a noyse, yeeLet the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it, let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye.

As for me, I am poore

for the LORDE thy God is with the, it is he that hath power to saue: he hath a special pleasure in the, and a maruelous loue towarde the: yee he reioyseth ouer the wt gladnesse.

But now come I vnto the, and this I speake in the worlde, that they maye haue my ioye perfecte in them.

I am as glad of thy worde, as one yt fyndeth greate spoyles.

And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost.

The synne of ye wicked is his owne snare, but ye righteous shal be glad and reioyse.

Oh synge vnto God, synge prayses vnto his name: magnifie him yt rydeth aboue the heaues (whose name is ye LORDE)

but me shalbe glad and euermore reioyse, for the thinges, that I shall do. For why: Beholde, I shal make a ioyfull Ierusale,

Be mery with them that are mery and wepe with them that wepe.

Morover my brethren, reioyce in the LORDE. Where as I wryte euer one thinge vnto you, it greueth me not, and maketh you the surer.

For thou LORDE hast made me glad thorow thy workes, and I wil reioyse ouer the operacion of thy hondes.

So shal oure herte reioyse in him, because we haue hoped in his holy name.

And Anna prayed, and sayde: My hert reioyseth in the LORDE,

O be ioyfull in God (all ye lodes) synge prayses vnto the honor of his name make his prayse to be glorious.

Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure,

Synge vnto ye LORDE,Declare his honoure amonge the Heithe, and his wonders amonge all people.

Wherfore my brethre dearly beloued

My soule hath a desyre

Be glad then (o ye children of Sion) and reioyse in the LORDE youre God, for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes:

A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.

That I maye go into the aulter of God, euen vnto the God which is my ioye

And he broughte them in to his house, and set them a table, and reioysed with all his housholde, that he was become a beleuer on God.

Thus he brought forth his people with ioye, and his chosen with gladnesse.

I am very bolde towarde you, I make moch boost of you, I am fylled with comforte, I am exceadynge ioyous in all oure tribulacion.

Shalt thou multiplie the people, and not increase the ioye also? They shal reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest, and as men that haue gotten the victory, when they deale the spoyle.

As loge as I liue wil I magnifie the,My soule is satisfied eue as it were with marryIn my bedde wil I remembre ye,

Like as my father hath loued me, eue so haue I loued you. Cotynue ye i my loue.Yf ye kepe my comaundementes, ye shal cotynue in my loue: like as I haue kepte my fathers comaundementes, and cotynue in his loue.These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye might remayne in you, and yt youre ioye might be perfecte.

Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer: the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter.

I will blesse hir vytales wt increase,

Be glad ye heauens, whom the LORDE hath made, let all yt is here beneth vpon the earth, be ioyfull. Reioyse ye mountaynes

Singe him a new songe, yee synge lustely vnto him

I saye vnto you: Eue so shal there be ioye in heauen ouer one synner that doth pennaunce, more then ouer nyne and nyentye righteous, which nede not repentaunce.

Not onely that, but we reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ, by whom we haue now receaued the attonement.

Let Israel reioyse in him that made him, and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge.

And the redemed of the LORDE shal conuerte, and come to Sion with thankesgeuinge. Euerlastinge ioye shal they haue, pleasure

I haue as greate delite in the waye of thy testimonies, as in all maner of riches.

Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce, yee both yonge and olde folkes. For I will turne their sorow in to gladnesse, and will comforte them, and make them ioyfull, euen from their hertes.

The heaues are thine, the earth is thine: thou hast layed the foundacio of the roude worlde and all that therin is.

At the same tyme shal it be sayde: lo, this is oure God in who we put oure trust, and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for: Let vs reioyse

O let the people reioyse and be glad, that thou iudgest the folke rightuously, and gouernest the nacions vpo earth.

for we are the circumcision, euen we that serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in Christ Iesu, and haue no confidence in the flesh,

Namely, all those that be called after my name: For the haue I created, fashioned, and made for myne honoure.

O synge vnto the LORDE a new songe, synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth.

Afore honde sawe I God allwayes before me, for he is on my right honde, that I shulde not be moued.

O clappe youre hodes together (all ye people) O synge vnto God with the voyce of thakesgeuynge.

So that then thou shalt saye: O LORDE, I thanke the, for thou wast displeased at me, but thou hast refrayned thy wrath, and hast mercy vpon me.

But sure we are, that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God, which are called of purpose.

That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion, and reioyse in thy sauynge health.

The LORDE is my strength, and my songe, and is become my saluacion. This is my God, I wil magnifie him: He is my fathers God, I wil exalte him.

O let thy louynge mercies come vnto me, that I maye lyue, for thy lawe is my delyte.

And wha he had so sayde, he shewed the his hades

Not that we are lordes ouer youre faith, but we are helpers of youre ioye, for ye stonde in faith.

Oh let the mout Sion reioyse,

In my bedde wil I remembre ye,

And this am I sure of, that I shal abyde, and contynue with you all, for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith,

and there shall ye eate before the LORDE youre God, and reioyse ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geue with youre handes, because the LORDE thy God hath blessed the.

That they wolde offre vnto him the sacrifice of thankesgeuynge, and tell out his workes with gladnes.

That the redemed of the LORDE, which turned agayne, might come with ioye vnto Sio, there to endure for euer? That myrth and gladnesse might be with them: that sorowe

The LORDE is kynge, the earth maye be glad therof: yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof.

The memoriall of yi abundaunt kyndnes shalbe shewed, and me shal synge of thy righteousnesse.

But as for me, I wil be glad in the LORDE, and will reioyce in God my Sauioure.

Fynally my brethren, be stronge in the LORDE, and in the power of his mighte:

My songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE, wt my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse fro one generacion to another.For I haue sayde: mercy shal be set vp for euer, thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens.

Euery good gifte,

O synge prayses, synge prayses vnto God: O synge prayses, synge prayses vnto oure kynge.For God is kynge of all the earth, O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge.

Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs wt all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ

And they worshipped him, and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye:and were contynnally in ye teple, geuynge prayse and thankes vnto God. Amen.

Neuertheles he hath not left hi selfe without wytnesse, in yt he hath shewed his benefites, and geuen vs rayne from heauen, and frutefull seasons, fyllynge oure hertes with fode and gladnesse.

Why art thou so heuy (o my soule)

And now haue ye sorowe also: but I wil se you agayne, and youre hert shal reioyse, and youre ioye shal noman take from you.

Why art thou so heuy (o my soule)

Yet thankes be vnto God, which all waye geueth vs the victory in Christ, and openeth ye fauoure of his knowlege by vs in euery place.

For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life, my lyppes shal prayse the.As loge as I liue wil I magnifie the,

What shal we saye then vnto these thinges? Yff God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst vs.

Halleluya. O synge vnto ye LORDE a new songe, let the cogregacion of sayntes prayse him.

That they wolde exalte him in the cogregacion of the people,

I wil geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) with my whole hert, euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the.I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teple, and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth, for thou hast magnified thy worde, acordynge vnto thy greate name.

Yf my delyte were not in thy lawe, I shulde perishe in my trouble.

Then sayde his lorde vnto hi: wel thou good

O put not yor trust in prynces, ner in the childe of man, for there is no helpe in the.

and be not dronken with wyne, wherin is excesse: but be full of the spreteand talke amoge youre selues of Psalmes, and ymnes, and spirituall songes, synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertesgeuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ,

O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

but reioyce, in as moch as ye are partakers of Christes passios, yt wha his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery

And ye became the folowers of vs and of the LORDE: and receaued the worde in moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost:

O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, call vpon his name, tell the people what thinges he hath done.O let youre songes be of him: prayse him, and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes.Geue his holy name a good reporte: let ye hert of them reioyce, that seke the LORDE.

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