Bible on Joy

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.

And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.

If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;