1 Thessalonians 3:9
For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
Deuteronomy 12:2
You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods -- on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.
Deuteronomy 12:18
Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.
Deuteronomy 16:11
You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
2 Samuel 6:21
David replied to Michal, "It was before the Lord! I was celebrating before the Lord, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the Lord's people Israel.
2 Samuel 7:18-20
King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?
Nehemiah 9:5
The Levites -- Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah -- said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God!" "May you be blessed, O LORD our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.
Psalm 68:3
But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.
Psalm 71:14-15
As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.
Psalm 96:12-13
Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy
Psalm 98:8-9
Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison
2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers,
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
1 Thessalonians 3:7-8
So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.