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. Again I say, rejoice!

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the lord is your strength.”

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Lord did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!

Always rejoice,constantly pray,in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,because you are attaining the goal of your faith – the salvation of your souls.

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”

This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it.

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Then you will take delight in the Lord, and he will answer your prayers.

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

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does.If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.

I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!

You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord! Give thanks to his holy name.

Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.

Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.

But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy.

How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice.

For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.

Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, “The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”

and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, ‘The Lord reigns!’

Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May the Lord be praised!”

The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”

But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

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

In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him!

But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.

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

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

For our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.

Hannah prayed, “My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted high because of the Lord. I loudly denounce my enemies, for I am happy that you delivered me.

Shout out praise to God, all the earth!

Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.

Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds!

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains – both the early and the late rains as formerly.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.

Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the Lord protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.

Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.

The Lord says, “At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.

You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

At that time they will say, “Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth. (Selah)

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed – yes, whom I made!

Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth!

So my heart rejoices and I am happy; My life is safe.

All you nations, clap your hands! Shout out to God in celebration!

At that time you will say: “I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

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

Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

The Lord reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice!

They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice.For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing!For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a well-written song!

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

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

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!

Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

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