Luke 15:6
Then coming home he calls his friends and neighbours together, and says, 'Congratulate me, for I have found my sheep--the one I had lost.'
1 Peter 2:25
For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.
Luke 2:13-14
And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of the army of Heaven praising God and saying,
Luke 15:7
I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.
Luke 15:10
"I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."
Luke 15:24
for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
Acts 11:23
On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
Acts 15:3
So they set out, being accompanied for a short distance by some other members of the Church; and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of the conversion of the Gentiles and inspired all the brethren with great joy.
Philippians 1:4
always when offering any prayer on behalf of you all, finding a joy in offering it.
Philippians 2:17
Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brethren, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly-loved ones.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy, or the crown of which we boast? Is it not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His Coming?
1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
for this reason in our distress and trouble we have been comforted about you, brethren, by your faith.
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not found mercy, but now you have.