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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 will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the 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 in the power of the Holy Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
Always rejoice.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Messiah Yeshua toward you.
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will 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 a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls,yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.But he who looks into the perfect Torah of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Yeshua the Messiah our Lord.Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Walk in love, even as Messiah also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to God, even the Father;
Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Hosts.
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let the LORD be exalted!”
The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to the LORD, his name! Rejoice before him!
But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, 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.
Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in the LORD! My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
My soul longs, and 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 gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.
My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Then the LORD’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
It shall be said in that day, “Behold, 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!”
Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Messiah Yeshua, and have no confidence in the flesh;
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, the LORD; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation [yeshu`ah]. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
Those ransomed by the LORD will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to 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 Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah,
They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Messiah, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the holy ones.
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you. I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Walk in love, even as Messiah also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to God, even the Father;
But because you are partakers of Messiah’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,