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.

Joy ye in the Lord evermore; again I say, joy ye.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt [full-]fill me with gladness with thy cheer; delight-ings be in thy right half unto the end.

And he said to them, Go ye, and eat ye fat things, and drink ye wine made sweet with honey, and send ye parts to them, that made not ready to themselves, for it is an holy day of the Lord; do not ye be sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

For ire is in his indignation; and life is in his will. Weeping shall dwell at eventide; and gladness at the morrowtide.

And God of hope full-fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye increase [or abound] in hope and virtue of the Holy Ghost.

The Lord magnified to do with us; we be made glad.

But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, long abiding, benignity, [or good will], goodness, mildness, faith,temperance, continence, chastity; against such things is no law.

These things I spake to you, that my joy be in you, and your joy be full-filled.

joying in hope, patient in tribulation, busy in prayer,

Ye just [or rightwise] men, be glad, and make fully joy in the Lord; and all ye rightful of heart, have glory.

Evermore joy ye;without ceasing pray ye;in all things do ye thankings. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus, in all you.

serve ye the Lord in gladness. Enter ye in his sight in full out joying.

Till now ye asked nothing in my name; ask ye, and ye shall take, that your joy be full.

Whom when ye have not seen, ye love; into whom also now ye not seeing, believe; but ye that believe shall have joy, and gladness that may not be told out, and ye shall be glorified,and have [or bring again] the end of your faith, the health of your souls.

Thou dwelling of Zion, make full out joy, and praise; for why the Holy of Israel is great in the midst of thee.

This is the day which the Lord made; make we full out joy, and be we glad therein.

A joyful soul maketh liking age; a sorrowful spirit maketh dry bones.

Delight thou in the Lord; and he shall give to thee the askings of thine heart.

For why the realm of God is not meat and drink, but rightwiseness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Each man as he casted in his heart, not of heaviness, or of need; for God loveth a glad giver.

I joying shall have joy in the Lord, and my soul shall make full out joying in my God. For he hath clothed me with [the] clothes of health, and he hath compassed me with [the] clothes of rightfulness [or rightwiseness], as a spouse made fair with a crown, and as a spousess adorned with her brooches.

thou hast given gladness in mine heart. They be multiplied of the fruit of wheat, and of wine; and of their oil.

For the fig tree shall not flower, and burgeoning shall not be in vineyards; the work of [the] olive tree shall lie down, and fields shall not bring forth meat; a sheep shall be cut away from the fold, a drove shall not be in cratches.Forsooth I shall have joy in the Lord, and I shall make joy without-forth in God my Jesus or my salvation.

My brethren, deem ye all joy, when ye fall into diverse temptations,for the wrath of man worketh not the rightwiseness of God.For which thing cast ye away all uncleanness, and plenty of malice, and in mildness, receive ye the word that is planted, that may save your souls.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.For if any man is an hearer of the word, and not a doer, this shall be likened to a man that beholdeth the cheer of his birth in a mirror;for he beheld himself, and went away, and anon he forgot which [or what] he was.But he that beholdeth into the law of perfect freedom, and dwelleth in it, and is not made a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work, this shall be blessed in his deed.And if any man guesseth himself to be religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, the religion of him is vain.A clean religion, and unwemmed with God and the Father, is this, to visit fatherless and motherless children, and widows in their tribulation, and to keep himself undefouled from this world.witting that the proving of your faith worketh patience;

After the multitude of my sorrows in mine heart; thy comforts made glad my soul.

By whom we have nigh going to [or access], by faith into this grace, in which we stand, and have glory in the hope of the glory of God’s children.And the law entered, that guilt should be plenteous; but where guilt was plenteous, grace was more plenteous [or abounded].That as sin reigned into death, so grace reign by rightwiseness into ever-lasting life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.And not this only, but also we glory in tribulations, witting that tribulation worketh patience,

For ye shall go out in gladness, and ye shall be led forth in peace; mountains and little hills shall sing praising before you, and all the trees of the country shall make joy with hands.

Ye just [or rightwise] men, have fully joy [or full out joyeth] in the Lord; praising altogether becometh rightful [or right] men.

The Lord is mine helper and my defender; and mine heart hoped in him, and I am helped. And my flesh flowered again; and of my will I shall acknowledge to him.

Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; not as the world giveth, I give to you; be not your heart afraid [or troubled], nor dread it.

Thou Highest, I shall be glad, and I shall be fully joyful [or full out joy] in thee; I shall sing to thy name.

Give thou to me the gladness of thine health; and confirm thou me with the principal spirit.

Just [or rightwise] men, be ye glad in the Lord; and acknowledge ye to the mind of his hallowing.

And each day they dwelled stably with one will in the temple, and brake bread about houses, and took meat with full out joy [or with gladness] and simpleness of heart,and praised together God, and had grace to all the folk [or all the people]. And the Lord increased them that were made safe, each day into the same thing.

evermore in all my prayers for all you with joy, and make beseeching

My lips shall make fully joy [or full out joy], when I shall sing to thee; and my soul, which thou again-boughtest.

But my soul shall fully have joy in the Lord; and shall delight on his health.

Heavens, praise ye, and thou earth, make full out joy; hills, sing ye heartily praising; for the Lord [hath] comforted his people, and shall have mercy on his poor men.

And all that hope in thee, be they glad; they shall make full out joy [into] without end, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all that love thy name shall have glory in thee;

and speak ye to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and saying psalm in your hearts to the Lord;and walk ye in love, as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God, into the odour of sweetness.evermore doing thankings for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God and to the Father.

I purchased thy witnessings by heritage without end; for those [or they] be the full [out] joying of mine heart.

Acknowledging and great doing be before him; strength and joy be in the place of him.

blessed is the people that know a hearty song. Lord, they shall go in the light of thy cheer;and in thy name they shall make full out joy all day; and they shall be enhanced in thy rightfulness [or right-wiseness].

For thou shalt give him into bless-ing into the world of world; thou shalt make him glad in joy with thy cheer.

Abiding of just [or rightwise] men is gladness; but the hope of wicked men shall perish.

Nevertheless do not ye [have] joy in this thing, that spirits be subject to you; but joy ye, that your names be written in heavens.

My soul, why art thou sorry; and why troublest thou me? Hope thou in God, for yet I shall acknowledge to him; he is the health of my cheer, and my God.

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

Saints shall make full out joy in glory; they shall be glad in their beds.

They that sow in tears; shall reap in full out joying.

But though I be offered or slain on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I have joy, and I thank you all.And for the same thing have ye joy, and [together] thank ye me.

They said, The people is blessed, that hath these things; blessed is the people, whose Lord is the God of it.

And just [or rightwise] men eat, and make they fully joy [or full out glad they] in the sight of God; and delight they in gladness.

Joy ye in that day, and be ye glad; for lo! your meed is much in heaven; for after these things the fathers of them did to prophets.

that I should set comfort to the mourners of Zion, and that I should give to them a crown for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a mantle of praising for the spirit of wailing. And strong men of rightfulness [or rightwiseness] shall be called therein, the planting of the Lord, for to glorify.

Light is risen to the rightful [or rightwise] man; and gladness to rightful men of heart.

Thy words be found, and I ate those [or them]; and thy word was made to me into joy, and into gladness of mine heart; for thy name, Lord God of hosts, is called to help on me.

Guile is in the heart of them that think evils; but joy pursueth [or followeth] them that make counsels of peace.

Then our mouth was filled with joy; and our tongue with full out joying. Then they shall say among heathen men; The Lord magnified to do with them.

and my spirit hath gladded in God, mine health [or mine health-giver].

Heavens be glad, and the earth make full out joy; and say they among nations, The Lord reign.

Heavens be glad, and the earth make full out joy, the sea and the fullness thereof be moved altogether;fields shall make joy, and all things that be in those [or them]. Then all the trees of woods shall make full out joy,

All men that seek thee, be fully joyful [or full out joy], and be glad in thee; and say they, that love thine health, The Lord be magnified ever-[more].

Thy Lord God is strong in the middle of thee, he shall save [thee]; he shall make joy on thee in gladness, he shall be still in thy loving, he shall make joy withoutforth on thee in praising.

But now I come to thee, and I speak these things in the world, that they have my joy fulfilled in them-selves.

I shall be glad on thy speeches; as he that findeth many spoils.

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

A snare shall wrap a wicked man doing sin; and a just [or rightwise] man shall praise, and make joy.

Sing ye to God, say ye psalm to his name; make ye [a] way to him, that ascendeth [or goeth up] on the going down, the Lord is name of him. Make ye fully joy [or Full out joyeth] in his sight, his enemies shall be troubled from the face of him,

But ye shall have joy, and make full out joying till into without end, in these things which I make; for lo! I make Jerusalem full out joying, and the people thereof joy.

for to joy with men that joy, for to weep with men that weep.

Henceforward, my brethren, have ye joy in the Lord. To write to you the same things, to me it is not slow, and to you it is necessary.

For thou, Lord, hast delighted me in the works of thy making; and I shall make full out joy in the works of thine hands.

For our heart shall be glad in him; and we shall have hope in his holy name.

And Hannah worshipped, and said, Mine heart fully joyed in the Lord, and mine horn is raised in my God; my mouth is alarged on mine enemies, for I was glad in thine health.

To victory, the song of [the] psalm. All the earth, make ye joy heartily to God,

Ye shall draw waters with joy of the wells of the saviour.

Sing ye to the Lord, and bless ye his name; tell ye his health from day into day.Tell ye his glory among heathen men; his marvels among all peoples.

Therefore, my brethren most dear-worthy and most desired, my joy and my crown, so stand ye in the Lord, most dear brethren.

my soul coveteth, and faileth into the porches of the Lord. Mine heart, and my flesh; full out joyed into quick God [or God alive].

And the sons of Zion, make ye full out joy, and be ye glad in your Lord God, for he gave to you a teacher of rightfulness [or rightwiseness], and he shall make morrowtide rain and eventide rain to come down to you, as in the beginning.

A joyful heart maketh glad the face; the spirit is cast down in the mourning of soul.

And I shall enter to the altar of God; to God, that gladdeth my youth. God, my God, I shall acknowledge to thee in an harp;

And when he had brought them into his house, he set to them a board. And he was glad with all his house, and believed to God.

And he led out his people in full out joying; and his chosen men in gladness.

Much trust is to me with you, much glorying is to me for you. I am [full]-filled with comfort, I am plenteous [or I abound] in joy in all our tribulation.

Thou multipliedest folk, thou magnifiedest not gladness; they shall be glad before thee, as they that be glad in harvest, as overcomers make full out joy, when they have taken a prey, when they part the spoils.

My soul be [ful] filled as with inner fatness and uttermore fatness; and my mouth shall praise with lips of full out joying.So I had mind on thee on my bed, in the morrowtides I shall think of thee;for thou hast been mine helper. And in the covering of thy wings I shall make full out joy,

Thou lovedest rightfulness [or right-wiseness], and hatedest wickedness; therefore thou, God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness, more than thy fellows.

I shall clothe with health the priests thereof; and the holy men thereof shall make full out joy in full out joying or rejoicing.

Ye heavens, praise, for the Lord hath done mercy; the last parts of [the] earth, sing ye heartily song; hills, sound ye praising; the forest, and each tree thereof, praise God; for the Lord again-bought Jacob, and Israel shall have glory.

Sing ye to him a new song; say ye well psalm to him in crying [out].

And I say to you, so joy shall be in heaven on one sinful man doing penance, more than on ninety and nine just, that have no need to [or of] penance.

And not only this, but also we glory in God, by our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have received now reconciling.

Israel be glad in him that made him; and the daughters of Zion make full out joy in their king.

and again-bought of the Lord; and they shall be converted, and shall come into Zion with praising; and everlasting gladness shall be on the heads of them; they shall have joy and gladness, and sorrow and wailing shall flee away.

I delighted in the way of thy witnessings; as in all riches.

Then a virgin shall be glad in a company, young men and eld together; and I shall turn the mourning of them into joy, and I shall comfort them, and I shall make them glad of their sorrow.

thou madest of nought the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon shall make full out joy in thy name;

And they shall say in that day, Lo! this is our God; we abided him, and he shall save us; this is the Lord; we suffered him, and we shall make full out joy, and shall be glad in his health.

Heathen men be glad, and make fully joy [or and full out joy], for thou deemest peoples in equity; and dressest heathen men in earth.

For we be circumcision, which by Spirit serve to God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have not trust in the flesh,

And each that calleth my name to help, into my glory I made him of nought; I formed him, and made him.

Sing ye a new song to the Lord; all earth, sing ye to the Lord.

For this thing mine heart was glad, and my tongue joyed fully; further-more and my flesh shall rest in hope.

To victory, a psalm to the sons of Korah. All ye folks, make joy with hands; sing ye heartily to God in the voice of full out joying.

And thou shalt say in that day, Lord, I shall acknowledge to thee, for thou were wroth to me; thy strong vengeance is turned, and thou hast comforted me.

And we know, that to men that love God, all things work together into good, to them that after purpose be called saints.

that I tell all thy praisings in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I shall be fully joyful or joy fully in thine health;

My strength and my praising is the Lord; and he is made to me into health. This is my God, and I shall glorify him; the God of my father, and I shall enhance or exalt him.

Thy merciful doings come to me, and I shall live; for thy law is my thinking.

And when he had said this, he showed to them [his] hands and side; therefore the disciples joyed, for the Lord was seen.

not that we be lords of your faith, but we be helpers of your joy; for through belief ye stand.

The hill of Zion be glad, and the daughters of Judah be fully joyful [or full out joy]; for thy dooms, Lord.

for thou hast been mine helper. And in the covering of thy wings I shall make full out joy,

And I trusting this thing, know that I shall dwell, and perfectly dwell to all you, to your profit and joy of faith,

And ye and your houses shall eat there in the sight of your Lord God; and ye shall be glad in all things to which ye put the hand, in which your Lord God hath blessed you.

And offer they the sacrifice of praising; and tell they his works with full out joying.

And now they that be again-bought of the Lord shall turn again, and shall come praising into Zion, and everlasting gladness on the heads of them; they shall hold joy and gladness, and sorrow and wailing shall flee away.

The Lord hath reigned, the earth make full out joy; many isles be glad.

They shall bring forth the mind of the abundance of thy sweetness; and they shall tell with full out joying of thy rightfulness [or rightwiseness].

Forsooth I shall have joy in the Lord, and I shall make joy without-forth in God my Jesus or my salvation.

Here afterward, brethren, be ye comforted in the Lord, and in the might of his virtue.

The learning of Ethan the Ezrahite. I shall sing without end; the mercies of the Lord. In generation and into generation; I shall tell thy truth with my mouth.Thou madest low the proud, as wounded; in the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thine enemies.Heavens be thine, and the earth is thine; thou hast founded the world, and the fullness thereof;thou madest of nought the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon shall make full out joy in thy name;thine arm with power. Thine hand be made steadfast, and thy right hand be enhanced;rightfulness [or rightwiseness] and doom is the making ready of thy seat. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face;blessed is the people that know a hearty song. Lord, they shall go in the light of thy cheer;and in thy name they shall make full out joy all day; and they shall be enhanced in thy rightfulness [or right-wiseness].For thou art the glory of the virtue of them; and in thy good pleasance our horn shall be enhanced.For our taking up is of the Lord; and of the Holy of Israel our king.Then thou spakest in revelation to thy saints, and saidest, I have set [or put] help in the mighty; and I have enhanced the chosen man of my people.For thou saidest, Without end mercy shall be builded in heavens; thy truth shall be made ready in those [or them].

Each good gift, and each perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is none other changing, nor over-shadowing of reward.

Sing ye to our God, sing ye; sing ye to our king, sing ye.For God is king of all earth; sing ye [psalm] wisely.

Blessed be God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that hath blessed us in all spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ,

And they worshipped, and went again into Jerusalem with great joy,and were evermore in the temple, praising and blessing God.

And yet he left not himself without witnessing in well-doing, for he gave rains from heaven, and times of bearing fruit, and full-filled your hearts with meat, and gladness.

My soul, why art thou sorry; and why troublest thou me? Hope thou in God, for yet I shall acknowledge to him; he is the health of my cheer, and my God.

And therefore ye have now sorrow, but again I shall see you, and your heart shall have joy, and no man shall take from you your joy.

my soul, why art thou sorry, and why troublest thou me? Hope thou in God, for yet I shall acknowledge to him; that is the health of my cheer, and my God.

And I do thankings to God, that evermore maketh us to have victory in Christ Jesus, and showeth by us the odour, [or savour, or sweetness], of his knowing in each place;

So I shall bless thee in my life; and in thy name I shall raise mine hands.My soul be [ful] filled as with inner fatness and uttermore fatness; and my mouth shall praise with lips of full out joying.

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

Alleluia. Sing ye to the Lord a new song; his praising be in the church of saints.

And enhance they him in the church of the people; and praise they him in the chairs of the elder men.

[The psalm of David.] Lord, I shall acknowledge to thee in all mine heart; for thou heardest the words of my mouth. My God, I shall sing to thee in the sight of angels;I shall worship toward thine holy temple, and I shall acknowledge to thy name. On thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thine holy name above all things.

But for thy law was my thinking; then peradventure I had perished in my lowness.

His lord said to him, Well be thou, good servant and faithful; for on few things thou hast been true [or faithful], I shall ordain thee on many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

I shall praise the Lord in my life; I shall sing to my God as long as I shall be.

And do not ye be drunk of wine, in which is lechery [or is luxury], but be ye filled with the Holy Ghost;and speak ye to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and saying psalm in your hearts to the Lord;and walk ye in love, as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God, into the odour of sweetness.evermore doing thankings for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God and to the Father.

A man is glad in the sentence of his mouth; and a covenable word is best.

but commune ye with the passions of Christ, and have ye joy, that also ye be glad, and have joy in the revelation of his glory.

and ye be made followers of us, and of the Lord, receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost;

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