62 Bible Verses about Rejoicing

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Deuteronomy 12:7

There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

Psalm 5:11

But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Zephaniah 3:14

Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

1 Samuel 11:15

So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.

Matthew 2:10

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

Acts 8:39

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

Philippians 3:1

For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

Psalm 66:1

Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

Psalm 67:4

O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

Psalm 96:1

O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord.

Isaiah 29:19

And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

Job 8:20-21

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand. The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

Job 33:26

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

Psalm 33:1

Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

Psalm 64:10

The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

Psalm 68:3

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

Psalm 97:11-12

Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy. Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

Psalm 33:21

For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

Philippians 1:25

And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

1 Peter 1:8

To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

Romans 5:1-2

For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

1 Chronicles 16:10

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

Psalm 40:16

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

Psalm 70:4

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

Psalm 105:3

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

Zechariah 10:7

And Ephraim will be like a man of war, and their hearts will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it with joy; their hearts will be glad in the Lord.

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Rejoicing » Instances of

1 Samuel 11:15

So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.

Matthew 2:10

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

More verses: Acts 8:39 Luke 1:47

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » In evil forbidden

Job 31:29

If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

Psalm 35:19

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

More verses: Obadiah 1:12

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Famine

Habakkuk 3:17-18

For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house: Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Poverty

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Imprisonment

Acts 16:23

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Fiery trials

1 Peter 4:12-13

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire: But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Loss of property

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Persecution

Topics on Rejoicing

Eating Drinking And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

Rejoicing In God's Word

Psalm 119:162

I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.

Rejoicing In God's Works

Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

Rejoicing In Prosperity

John 16:21

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

Rejoicing In Relief

Psalm 105:38

Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

Rejoicing In Success

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

Stopping Rejoicing

Jeremiah 7:34

And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.

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