10 Bible Verses about Restored Joy

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me.

God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us and show your favor, so we may be delivered.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,

to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.

Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter will come out of them. I'll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease. I'll honor them and not make them insignificant.

The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.

There I will restore her vineyards to her, and the Valley of Achor will become a doorway to hope. There she will respond as she did in her youth, when she came up from Egypt."

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you'll cry and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You'll be deeply distressed, but your pain will turn into joy.

Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

As for me, I am afflicted and hurting; may your deliverance, God, establish me on high.