Luke 15:32

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:24

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

Psalm 51:8

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which You have broken may rejoice.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Understanding, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but sinners shall fall in them.

Jonah 4:10-11

And Jehovah said, You have had pity on the plant, for which you had not labored, nor made it grow, which was a son of a night, and perished the son of a night.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!

Romans 3:4

Let it not be! But let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, "That You might be justified in Your sayings, and will overcome when You are judged."

Romans 3:19

But we know that whatever things the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be under judgment before God,

Romans 15:9-13

and that the nations might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written, "For this cause I will confess to You in the nations, and I will praise Your name."

Ephesians 2:1-10

And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Bible References

Was meet

Luke 7:34
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!
Psalm 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which You have broken may rejoice.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Understanding, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but sinners shall fall in them.
Jonah 4:10
And Jehovah said, You have had pity on the plant, for which you had not labored, nor made it grow, which was a son of a night, and perished the son of a night.
Romans 3:4
Let it not be! But let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, "That You might be justified in Your sayings, and will overcome when You are judged."
Romans 15:9
and that the nations might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written, "For this cause I will confess to You in the nations, and I will praise Your name."

For

Luke 15:24
for this my son was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
Ephesians 2:1
And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins,

General references

Genesis 4:6
And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Galatians 1:24
And they glorified God in me.