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.

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fulness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The LORD has done great things for us; for which we are glad.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing earnest in prayer;

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart.

Rejoice at all times.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Until now you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:Receiving the outcome of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you.

This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, 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.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

My brethren, count it all joy when you meet with various temptations;Knowing this, that the testing of your faith produces patience.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;

For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous: for praise beautifies the upright.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O thou most High.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with your free spirit.

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their food with gladness and singleness of heart,Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.

And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted.

But let all those that put their trust in you rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them: let them also that love your name be joyful in you.

Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.

Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.

For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceedingly glad with your countenance.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted in me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed with you.

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Yes, and if I am offered in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I have joy, and rejoice with you all.For the same reason also do you have joy, and rejoice with me.

Happy is that people, that is in such a state: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the same way their fathers treated the prophets.

To appoint for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.

Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD has done great things for them.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let those that love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous sings and rejoices.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides on the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

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

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not burdensome, but for you it is safe.

For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work: I will triumph in the works of your hands.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in your salvation.

​Make a joyful noise unto God, all you lands:

Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Sing to the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day.Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has given you the former rain in proper measure, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

A merry heart makes a cheerful appearance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise you, O God my God.

And when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying over you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

You multiplied the nation, and did not increase the joy: but now they rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue in my love.If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

I say to you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety nine just persons, which need no repentance.

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for you shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

For we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

O sing to the LORD a new song: sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

​O clap your hands, all you people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.

That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.

The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.

And when he had so spoken, he showed them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith you stand.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments.

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your advancement and joy of faith;

And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand unto, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad for it.

They shall abundantly proclaim the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness.

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

​I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.For God is the King of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

Nevertheless he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes known the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place.

Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name.My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:

What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Praise ye the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

​I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto you.I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name.

Unless your law had been my delights, I would then have perished in my affliction.

His lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of your lord.

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

And do not be drunk with wine, which leads to immorality; but be filled with the Spirit;Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken at the right time, how good it is!

But rejoice, to the extent that you are sharers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit:

Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

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