Luke 15:6
"When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'
1 Peter 2:25
For you were straying like lost sheep, but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
Luke 2:13-14
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly army praising God and saying,
Luke 15:7
"I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:10
"Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."
Luke 15:24
"'for this son of mine was dead and is alive again??e was lost and is found.'
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.
John 15:14
"You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Acts 11:23
When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;
Acts 15:3
So the church saw them off on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria. Here they set forth the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Philippians 1:4
in every petition of mine in your behalf I am offering my prayer with joy for your fellowship in forwarding the gospel,
Philippians 2:17
Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,
Philippians 4:1
Stand fast then, brothers, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved!
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is my hope, or joy? What is the victor's wreath in which I exult? What but your own selves in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming!
1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
I have been comforted, my brothers, in regard to you, in spite of all my distress and affliction over your faith.