32 Bible Verses about Joy

whom not having seen you love, in whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious,

and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice; for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

and the light of a candle shall shine in you no more, and the voice of a bridegroom and of a bride shall be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for all nations were deceived by your magic arts,

Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

Woe to you full! for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us by your name.

who having come and seen the grace of God rejoiced, and exhorted all to adhere to the Lord with the purpose of the heart;

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we received the present reconciliation.

I have great boldness towards you, and great glorying on your account; I am full of comfort, I have a super-abounding joy in all our afflictions.

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

I have no greater joy than this, that I hear of my children walking in the truth.

I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy.

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

On this account we were comforted. And in addition to our comfort, we rejoiced more abundantly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all;

so that we requested Titus, as he before began, that he would complete also this charity with you.

and refreshed my spirit and yours. Know therefore such.

Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

Rejoice in that day, and be exceedingly glad; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in this manner did their fathers to the prophets.

desiring to see you, remembering your tears, that I might be filled with joy,

And these things we write to you, that your joy may be complete.

Having many things to write, I do not wish to write with paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

So, my beloved and much desired brothers, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

For you are our glory and joy.

And fully believing this, I know that I shall continue, and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of the faith,

Not that we are lords of your faith, but co-laborers of your joy; for you stand firm by the faith.

as grieving but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and possessing all things.

Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church,

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast killed and hast redeemed to God with thy blood [men] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made them a kingdom and priests, and they shall reign on the earth.

Therefore rejoice, heavens, and those who dwell in them; woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short time.

as grieving but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and possessing all things.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.

holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.

fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, having the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one opinion.

Yes, brother, let me be profited by you in the Lord; refresh my soul in Christ.

FINALLY, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord; for to write the same things to you is not grievous to me, and is safe for you.

holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

They, therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers.

If any one among you is afflicted, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing psalms;

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

We are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and trust not in the flesh,

and my spirit exults in God my Saviour;

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you before our Lord Jesus at his coming? For you are our glory and joy.

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

For I have great joy and comfort in your love, because the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found, and concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that he had and bought that field.

and there was great joy in that city.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you before our Lord Jesus at his coming? For you are our glory and joy.

And to him that is able to keep you without falling, and to present you blameless before his glory, with great joy,

but as you partake of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice exulting at the revelation of his glory.

and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely;

But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

In which you rejoice, though now for a little while if need be made sad by manifold trials,

Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,

Rejoice in that day, and be exceedingly glad; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in this manner did their fathers to the prophets.

And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

And a vast multitude spread their garments in the way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them in the way; and the multitudes that went before, and those that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!

And many spread their clothes in the way; and others cutting branches from the trees spread them in the way; and those who went before, and those who followed, cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, which is coming! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!

and continuing day by day with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind,

and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

Rejoice always;

And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

as grieving but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and possessing all things.

And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like harpers playing on their harps. And they sung a new song before the throne and before the four cherubs and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth.

that in much trying affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

BELOVED, think not strange of the fiery trial which is to try you, as if some strange thing happened to you, but as you partake of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice exulting at the revelation of his glory.

And I heard them as the voice of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying, Halleluia, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

For you sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures.

If you keep my commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and continue in his love. I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed.

Not that we are lords of your faith, but co-laborers of your joy; for you stand firm by the faith.

And I wrote the same to you that coming I might not have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, having trusted in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest [heavens], on earth peace, and among men good will!

And going out immediately from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples.

And seeing the star they rejoiced with great joy;

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer,

And seeing the star they rejoiced with great joy;

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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

looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.

looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

but as you partake of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice exulting at the revelation of his glory.

And the angel said to them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good news of a great joy, which shall be for all people. For to you was born to-day in the city of David, a Saviour who is the anointed Lord.

whom not having seen you love, in whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious,

whom not having seen you love, in whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious,

and coming to the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found my sheep that was lost. So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind.

And a report concerning them was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch; who having come and seen the grace of God rejoiced, and exhorted all to adhere to the Lord with the purpose of the heart;

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; read more.
and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice. But his older son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house he heard music and the dancers. And calling one of the servants he inquired what these things meant. And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back in health. And he was angry, and would not go in; but his father came out and entreated him. And he answered and said to his father, Behold, l have served you so many years, and have never disobeyed your command; and you have never given me a kid, that I might rejoice with my friends; but when this your son came who has consumed his living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf. But he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all mine is yours. We ought also to rejoice and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

So, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind. And he said, A certain man had two sons. And the youngest of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me; and he divided to them his living. read more.
And not many days after, the youngest son, collecting all his property, went abroad to a distant country; and there wasted his property, living intemperately. And when he had spent all, there was a severe famine in that country; and he began to be in want. And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine. And he desired to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no man gave him. And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice. But his older son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house he heard music and the dancers. And calling one of the servants he inquired what these things meant. And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back in health. And he was angry, and would not go in; but his father came out and entreated him. And he answered and said to his father, Behold, l have served you so many years, and have never disobeyed your command; and you have never given me a kid, that I might rejoice with my friends; but when this your son came who has consumed his living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf. But he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all mine is yours. We ought also to rejoice and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may have my joy made complete in them.

And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

Till now you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

and continuing day by day with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind, praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly [church].

he also took it in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Now, Master, dismiss thy servant according to thy word, in peace; for my eyes have seen thy salvation, read more.
which thou hast prepared before all people; a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel.

And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people, and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant; read more.
as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old; A salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, to perform his mercy with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve him in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. And you, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, to give a knowledge of salvation to his people, with a forgiveness of sins, on account of the compassionate mercies of our God, by which a morning from on high has visited us, to illuminate those sitting in darkness and the shade of death, to direct our feet in the way of peace.

And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit exults in God my Saviour; for he has looked on the low condition of his servant; for, behold, from this time all generations shall call me blessed, read more.
because the mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name; and his mercy is to generations and generations of them that fear him. He has made strong his arm; he has scattered the proud with the thought of their hearts; he has brought down the mighty from thrones, and exalted the humble; he has filled the hungry with goods, and sent the rich away empty. He has helped Israel his servant, and remembered his mercy, as he said to our fathers, to Abraham and his posterity forever. And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house.

So, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind.

So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest [heavens], on earth peace, and among men good will!

These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

but in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

In the same hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in thy sight.

but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may have my joy made complete in them.

I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed.

I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy.

They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];

So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind.

Thou hast made me know the ways of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence.

They, therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers.

and my spirit exults in God my Saviour;

Already he that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for life eternal, that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.

Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

whom not having seen you love, in whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious, receiving the end of the faith, the salvation of souls.

In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. And they had no son, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. read more.
And when he was performing the priest's office in the order of his class before God, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense; and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of incense. And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense; and Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John. And he shall be to you a joy and rejoicing; and many shall rejoice at his birth; for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth; and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years. And the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to tell you this good news. And behold you shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. And the people waited for Zachariah, and wondered that he staid so long in the temple. And when he came out he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he made signs to them, and continued dumb. And when the days of his service were completed he departed to his house. And after these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and hid herself five months, saying, Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in the days in which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, by the name of Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. And coming in to her, he said, Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you! And she was troubled at his word, and doubted what this salutation meant. And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold you shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man? And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God. And behold Elizabeth, your relative, even she is pregnant with a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her called barren; for nothing is impossible with God. And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her. AND Mary arose in those days and went in haste to the mountainous country, to the city of Juda. And she went unto the house of Zachariah and saluted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Blessed are you among women! and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord has come to me? For, behold, when the voice of your salutation came to my ears, the babe leaped in my womb with exultation.

They, therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers.

And finding it, he puts it on his shoulders rejoicing;

and there was great joy in that city.

And hearing these things they were silent, and glorified God, saying, Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given the change of mind to life.

and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us by your name.

And while they yet disbelieved from joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you any food here?

and knowing the voice of Peter she did not open the gate from joy, but ran in and told that Peter stood before the gate.

But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

that in much trying affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,