Joel 2:23

New Century Version

So be happy, people of Jerusalem; be joyful in the Lord your God. Because he does what is right, he has brought you rain; he has sent the fall rain and the spring rain for you, as before.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:36

When this happens, please hear their prayer in heaven, and forgive the sins of your servants, the Israelites. Teach them to do what is right. Then please send rain to this land you have given particularly to them.

Job 33:23

“But there may be an angel to speak for him, one out of a thousand, who will tell him what to do.

Job 37:13

He uses the clouds to punish people or to water his earth and show his love.

Psalm 104:34

May my thoughts please him; I am happy in the Lord.

Psalm 147:8

He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.

Psalm 149:2

Let the Israelites be happy because of God, their Maker. Let the people of Jerusalem rejoice because of their King.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him, and he helps me. I am very happy, and I praise him with my song.

Psalm 32:11

Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord. Sing all you whose hearts are right.

Psalm 84:6

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it like a spring. The autumn rains fill it with pools of water.

Proverbs 16:15

A smiling king can give people life; his kindness is like a spring shower.

Isaiah 30:21

If you go the wrong way—to the right or to the left—you will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the right way. You should go this way.”

Isaiah 30:23

At that time the Lord will send rain for the seeds you plant in the ground, and the ground will grow food for you. The harvest will be rich and great, and you will have plenty of food in the fields for your animals.

Isaiah 41:16

You will throw them into the air, and the wind will carry them away; a windstorm will scatter them. Then you will be happy in the Lord; you will be proud of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 61:10

The Lord makes me very happy; all that I am rejoices in my God. He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels.

Jeremiah 3:3

So the rain has not come, and there have not been any spring rains. But your face still looks like the face of a prostitute. You refuse even to be ashamed of what you did.

Jeremiah 5:24

They do not say to themselves, ‘We should fear the Lord our God, who gives us autumn and spring rains in their seasons, who makes sure we have the harvest at the right time.’

Lamentations 4:2

The precious people of Jerusalem were more valuable than gold, but now they are thought of as clay jars made by the hands of a potter.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless them and let them live around my hill. I will cause the rains to come when it is time; there will be showers to bless them.

Hosea 6:3

and know him. Let’s try to learn about the Lord; he will come to us as surely as the dawn comes. He will come to us like rain, like the spring rain that waters the ground.”

Leviticus 26:4

I will give you rains at the right season; the land will produce crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.

Amos 4:7

“I held back the rain from you three months before harvest time. Then I let it rain on one city but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field got none and dried up.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask the Lord for rain during the springtime rains. The Lord is the one who makes the clouds. He sends the showers and gives everyone green fields.

Zechariah 10:7

The people of Ephraim will be strong like soldiers; they will be glad as when they have drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will be happy in the Lord.

Zechariah 9:13

I will use Judah like a bow and Ephraim like the arrows. Jerusalem, I will use your men to fight the men of Greece. I will use you like a warrior’s sword.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, people of Jerusalem! Shout for joy, people of Jerusalem! Your king is coming to you. He does what is right, and he saves. He is gentle and riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey.

Acts 14:17

Yet he proved he is real by showing kindness, by giving you rain from heaven and crops at the right times, by giving you food and filling your hearts with joy.”

Deuteronomy 11:14

then he will send rain on your land at the right time, in the fall and spring, and you will be able to gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord will open up his heavenly storehouse so that the skies send rain on your land at the right time, and he will bless everything you do. You will lend to other nations, but you will not need to borrow from them.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will drop like rain; my words will fall like dew. They will be like showers on the grass; they will pour down like rain on young plants.

Philippians 3:1

My brothers and sisters, be full of joy in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it will help you to be more ready.

Philippians 3:3

We are the ones who are truly circumcised. We worship God through his Spirit, and our pride is in Christ Jesus. We do not put trust in ourselves or anything we can do,

Philippians 4:4

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.