Psalm 42:4
These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.
Isaiah 30:29
You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival, and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the LORD's mountain, to the Rock of Israel.
Psalm 62:8
People, in every situation put your trust in God; pour out your heart before him; for God is a refuge for us. Interlude
Psalm 122:1
I rejoiced when they kept on asking me, "Let us go to the LORD's Temple."
Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.
Deuteronomy 16:14-15
Rejoice in your festival you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.
Ruth 1:21
I left here full, but the LORD brought me back empty. So why call me "Naomi'? After all, the LORD is against me, and the Almighty has broken me."
1 Samuel 1:15-16
"No, sir!" Hannah replied. "I'm a deeply troubled woman. I've drunk neither wine nor beer. I've been pouring out my soul in the LORD's presence.
1 Chronicles 15:15-28
The descendants of Levi carried the Ark of God the way Moses had commanded and in accordance with the command from the LORD that is, with poles on their shoulders.
1 Chronicles 16:1-43
They brought the Ark of God, placed it within the tent that David had erected, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of God.
2 Chronicles 7:10
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, King Solomon sent the people back home, and they returned rejoicing and in good spirits because of the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:23-26
After this, the whole assembly agreed to celebrate for another seven days, and so they did and they were very happy to do so!
Job 29:2-31
"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,
Psalm 55:14
We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God!
Psalm 81:1-3
Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob.
Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Thank him and bless his name,
Lamentations 2:19
Get up and cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of every hour. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord! Lift up your hands toward him for the lives of your children, who are fainting away at every street corner.
Lamentations 4:1
How tarnished the gold has become, the finest gold debased! Sacred stones have been scattered at every street corner.
Nahum 1:15
Look! There on the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good news, who broadcasts a message of peace. Judah, celebrate your solemn festivals and keep your vows, because the wicked will never again invade you. Nineveh will be completely eliminated!
Luke 16:25
"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.