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Tag: joy

  • So Let Us Continually Show Joy

    Rejoice always! (1 Thessalonians 5:16)

    Rejoice in the Lord always!  I say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4)

    Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! … (Revelation 19:7)

    Be glad and rejoice.  For the Lord has done marvelous things (Joel 2:21).

    Be glad, O people of Zion; rejoice in the Lord our God… (Joel 2:23)

    Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name (Psalm 97:12).

    Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones.  Shout for joy all you who are upright in heart (Psalm 32:11).

    Be glad and rejoice with all your heart…  The Lord your God… will exult over you with joy… (Zephaniah 3:14, 17).

    The righteous shall be glad in the Lord and trust in Him.  And all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise (Psalm 64:10).

    Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous!  For praise from the upright is beautiful (Psalm 33:1).

    Rejoice in everything you put your hands to, because the Lord your God has blessed you (Deuteronomy12:7).

    The Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you shall be altogether joyful (Deuteronomy 16:15).

    I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise… (Psalm 42:4)

    For you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace.  The mountains and hills will break forth into shouts of joy (Isaiah 55:12).

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in your believing… (Romans 15:13)

    Joyously draw water from the springs of salvation (Isaiah 12:3).

    We will be glad and rejoice in You (Songs 1:14).

    Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice (Psalm 105:3).

    Let all those who seek You rejoice and be gad in You… (Psalm 40:16)

    May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You… (Psalm 70:4)

    May the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful (Psalm 68:3).

    In Him our hearts rejoice for we trust in His Holy Name (Psalm 33:21).

    We will rejoice in Him! (Psalm 66:6)

    This is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24).

    Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven (Luke 6:23).

    Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven…. (Matthew 5:12)

    Rejoice with those who rejoice… (Romans 12:15)

    Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.  Sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19).

    Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of His works with joyful singing (Psalm 107:22).

    Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing for joy in their beds (Psalm 149:5).

    Come, let us sing to the Lord.  Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation (Psalm 95:1).

    Let them shout for joy and rejoice who favor My vindication (Psalm 35:27).

    Rejoice over [Babylon], O Heavens.  Rejoice, saints and apostles and peoples, for God has avenged you on her (Revelation 18:20).

    Be joyful in hope… (Romans 12:12)

    Glory in His Holy Name!  Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice (1 Chronicles 16:10).

    Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation (Isaiah 25:9).

    [We pray that you may be] strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father… (Colossians 1:11-12)

    You are a chosen people… that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.  [We are created to rejoice.] (1 Peter 2:9)

    In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy (Philippians 1:4).

    When God gives any man wealth and possessions and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work – this is a gift of God (Ecclesiastes 5:19).

    Nothing is better for a man… than to eat and drink and be glad.  Then joy will accompany him in his work (Ecclesiastes 8:15).

    He shall pray to God and He will delight in him; he shall see His face with joy… (Job 33:26)

    The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous… (Psalm 118:15)

    Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart (Psalm 97:11).

    The execution of justice is joy for the righteous… (Proverbs 21:15)

    The prospect/hope of the righteous is joy… (Proverbs 10:28)

    Counselors of peace have joy (Proverbs 12:20).

    Love… rejoices with the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6).

    Then you will find your joy in the Lord… (Isaiah 58:14)

    May the Lord rejoice in His works! (Psalm 104:31)

    Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord (Philippians 3:1).

  • Personal Expressions of Joy

    You turned my wailing into dancing.  You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent.  O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever (Psalm 30:11-12).

    May my meditations be pleasing to Him as I rejoice in the Lord (Psalm 104:34).

    I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High (Psalm 9:2).

    I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy… (Psalm 31:7)

    My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior (Luke 1:47).

    I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord (Psalm 27:6).

    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall be joyful in my God… (Isaiah 61:10)

    My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You – I, whom You have redeemed (Psalm 71:23).

    I will go to the altar of God; to God, my Exceeding Joy.  And on the harp I will praise You, O God my God (Psalm 43:4).

    My heart leaps for joy and will give thanks to Him in song (Psalm 28:7).

    My mouth offers praise with joyful lips (Psalm 63:5).

    Your statues … are the joy of my heart (Psalm 119:111).

    The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart… (Psalm 19:8)

    Your words become for me a joy and the delight of my heart.  For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of Hosts (Jeremiah 15:16).

    For You make me glad by Your deeds, O Lord; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands (Psalm 92:4).

    You have filled my heart with greater joy than when the grain and new wine abound (Psalm 4:7).

    Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul (Psalm 86:4).

    My heart rejoices in the Lord…  I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation (1 Samuel 2:1).

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; let the bones which You have broken rejoice…  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your [gracious and] generous Spirit (Psalm 51:8, 12).

    Let Your servant rejoice (Psalm 109:28).

    Yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation (Habakkuk 3:18).

    My heart rejoices in Your salvation (Psalm 13:5).

    Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices…  You have made known to me the path of life.  You will fill me with joy in Your presence (Acts 2:26, 28).

    That I may share in the joy of Your nation, and join Your inheritance in giving praise (Psalm 106:5).

    For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).

    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather that your names are recorded in heaven (Luke 10:20).

    Rejoice before the Lord your God… (Leviticus 23:40)

    You shall rejoice before the Lord your God… (Deuteronomy 16:11)

    You shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all to which you put your hands (Deuteronomy 12:18).

    You shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household (Deuteronomy 14:26).

    For the joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

    The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.  When a man found it, he hid it again and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field (Matthew 13:44).

    There is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime (Ecclesiastes 3:12).

    Let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for rejoicing… (Galatians 6:4)

    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works (Ecclesiastes 9:7).

    These things I have spoken to you that My joy may be in you and your joy may be made full (John 15:11).

    Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be made full (John 16:24).

    And these things we write so your joy may be complete (1 John 1:4).

    These things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy made full in themselves (John 17:13).

  • Joy During Trials

    When anxiety was great within me, Your consolation brought joy to my soul (Psalm 94:19).

    In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials (1 Peter 1:6).

    We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings… we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ… (Romans 5:2-3, 11)

    In the day of prosperity be joyous; but in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other (Ecclesiastes 7:14).

    Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present… (Hebrews 12:11)

    [Jesus] for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross (Hebrews 12:12).

    But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph (1 Peter 4:13).

    Consider it all joy when you encounter various trials (James 1:2).

    So they went on their way… rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer for His name (Acts 5:41).

    And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit (Acts 13:52).

    In the same way… there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents (Luke 15:7, 10).

    See, this is the joy of going the way [of the ungodly], and from the dust others will spring up [and take his place]. (Job 8:19)

    The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy (Proverbs 14:10).

    The joy of the godless and defiled is but for a moment (Job 20:5).

    Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5).

    A man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word (Proverbs 15:23).

    The light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others… (Proverbs 15:30)

    The friend of the bridegroom… rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice.  Therefore this joy is mine and it is now complete.  He must become greater; I must become less (John 3:29-30).

    You will weep and mourn while the world rejoices.  You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy…  Now is your time of grief; but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away that joy (John 16:20, 22).

    Believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible…  For you are receiving the goal of your faith: the salvation of your souls (1 Peter 1:8).

    Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.  He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with shouts of joy bringing his sheaves with him (Psalm 126:5-6).

    That he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together (John 4:36).

    Well done, good and faithful servant… come and enter into the joy of your master (Matthew 25:21, 23).

  • We Can Give God Joy

    The Father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in Him (Proverbs 23:24).

    A wise son makes a father glad… (Proverbs 15:20)

    A wise son brings joy to his Father… (Proverbs 10:1)

    A man who loves wisdom makes his Father rejoice… (Proverbs 29:3)

    Will You not revive us again that Your people may rejoice in You? (Psalm 85:6)

    They will celebrate Your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of Your righteousness (Psalm 145:7).

    Joy and gladness will be found in [Zion]; thanksgiving and the sound of singing (Isaiah 51:3).

    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! … (Zechariah 9:9)

    Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst (Isaiah 12:6).

    Let Israel rejoice in his Maker.  Let the children of Zion be glad in their King (Psalm 149:2).

    How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!  …  They rejoice in Your name all day long… (Psalm 89:15-16)

    Announce this with shouts of joy… the Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob (Isaiah 48:20).

    Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people…. (Deuteronomy 32:43)

    May Your priests be clothed with righteousness; may Your saints sing for joy (Psalm 132:9).

    But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits (Psalm 5:11).

    O satisfy us in the morning with Your mercy, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our day (Psalm 90:14).

    The humble also shall increase their gladness in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 29:19).

    And the ransomed of the Lord will return and come with joyful shouting to Zion, with everlasting joy upon their heads.  They will find gladness and joy… (Isaiah 35:10)

    May Your saints rejoice in Your goodness (2 Chronicles 6:41).

  • God Gives Joy

    Godly idea of joy is cheerfulness, delight, gladness; enjoying life. It is too simple to complicate.

    Joy is not something we can create by ourselves. It’s not something we earn or can grasp. And we definitely can’t buy it. Joy is a gift; it is a fruit of the Holy Spirit that comes from surrendering ourselves to God and His will for our lives. (Amanda Zurface)

    Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which will be for all people (Luke 2:10).

    He… fills your hearts with joy (Acts 14:17).

    He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouts of joy (Job 8:21).

    [O Lord,] You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forever more (Psalm 16:11).

    These I will bring to My Holy Mountain and I will give them joy… (Isaiah 56:7)

    But be glad and rejoice in what I will create!  For behold, I will create Jerusalem for rejoicing and her people for gladness.  I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people… (Isaiah 65:18-19)

    Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart… (Isaiah 65:14)

    Instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion… everlasting joy will be theirs (Isaiah 61:7).

    And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness and singing (Psalm 105:43).

    You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before You as people rejoice at the harvest… (Isaiah 9:3)

    They will come and shout for joy to the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord…  I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow (Jeremiah 31:12-13).

    I will clothe her priests with salvation and her saints will ever sing for joy (Psalm 132:16).

    Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good… (Jeremiah 32:41)

    As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you (Isaiah 62:5).

    Our mouths were filled with laughter; our tongues with songs of joy…  The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy (Psalm 126:2-3).

    And on that day they… rejoiced because God had given them great joy…  So the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar (Nehemiah 12:43).

    [Our Father] is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy… (Jude 1:24)

    For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight… (Ecclesiastes 2:26)

  • Study On Joy

    To increase your joy seek God’s presence.  Your joy is a gift from God to you – if you lose it, it is your job to find it, and not let it escape again.  Depression, sickness, despair – most any problem can be overcome with remembering our joy.  Our singing can shut the devil up and drive him away.  Make a joyful noise!  Even if you can’t sing, God will like it.

    Creation expresses joy.

    Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the nations, the Lord reigns! (1 Chronicles 16:31)

    Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice … then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy (Psalm 96:11-12).             

    Sing, O Heavens, for the Lord has done it!  Shout you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains… (Isaiah 44:23)

    Shout joyfully to God, all the Earth! (Psalm 66:1)

    Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord (Psalm 98:6).

    Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth!  Serve the Lord with gladness.  Come before Him with joyful singing (Psalm 100:1-2).

    Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises (Psalm 98:4).

    Let the nations be glad and sing for joy… (Psalm 67:4)

    Sing for joy to God our Strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob (Psalm 81:1).

    Shout for joy, O Heavens!  And rejoice, O Earth!  Break forth into joyful shouting, O Mountains! (Isaiah 49:13)

    Burst into songs of joy together… for the Lord has comforted His people… (Isaiah 52:9)

    Therefore rejoice, you Heavens! … (Revelation 12:12)

    The morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy! (Job 38:7)

    You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy! (Psalm 65:8)

    I [wisdom] was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in His presence; rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in mankind (Proverbs 8:30-31).