Reference: Joy
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JOY.
The noun joy and its synonyms, rejoicing, gladness, mirth, the verb joy
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake. read more. Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are with him in the way, lest the accuser deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. I tell you truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans [4 mills]. read more. You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery; but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart. But if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should go into hell. And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement. But I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put away, commits adultery. Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths. But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;
And when you fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. I tell you truly, they have their reward.
To what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who call to their companions, and say, We have played on pipes for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not lamented. read more. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon; the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found, and concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that he had and bought that field.
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples fast not? And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast, read more. but days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast at that time. No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment; if he does the new piece takes away its fullness from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no one puts new wine into old bottles; if he does the wine breaks the bottles, and the wine and the bottles are destroyed.
And he shall be to you a joy and rejoicing; and many shall rejoice at his birth;
And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people,
And you, Capernaum, even to heaven will you be exalted? even to hades shall you be cast down.
but in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. In the same hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in thy sight.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.
So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind.
So, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind.
and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice;
AND on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding. read more. And the wine falling short the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. Jesus said to her, What have you to do with me, woman? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. And there were six stone water jars there, placed for the purification of the Jews, containing two or three metretes [16.75 or 25.125 gallons] each. Jesus said to them, Fill the water jars with water; and they filled them to the top. And he said to them, Now draw out and bear to the master of the feast; and they bore it. And when the master of the feast tasted of the water made wine, and knew not whence it was,??ut the servants knew who had drawn the water,??he master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, Every man first presents the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, the poorer; but you have kept the good wine till now. This first miracle did Jesus perform at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Already he that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for life eternal, that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God and believe in me.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; continue in my love. If you keep my commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and continue in his love. read more. I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed.
I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed.
I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. read more. No man has greater love than this, that one should give his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you;
Jesus knew that they wished to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy. read more. For when a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come; but when she has borne the child she no longer remembers the distress, because of joy that a man is born into the world. And you therefore now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy no one shall take from you. And in that day you shall ask me nothing; I tell you most truly, whatever you shall ask the Father, he will give you in my name. Till now you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete. These things have I spoken to you in parables. The time is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you shall ask in my name, and I tell you not that I will ask the Father for you; for the Father himself is a friend to you, because you have been friends to me, and believed that I came forth from God. I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again I leave the world and go to the Father. Then his disciples said to him, Behold, now you speak plainly, and say no parable; now we know that you know all things, and have no need that any one should ask you; on this account we believe that you have come forth from God. Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? Behold, the time is coming, and has come, that you shall be scattered every one to his own, and leave me alone; and I am not alone, for the Father is with me. These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.
These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.
but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may have my joy made complete in them.
and continuing day by day with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind,
and continuing day by day with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind,
They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];
and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.
and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.
And now I advise you to be of good courage; for there shall be no loss of a life of you, but only of the ship.
through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only [this], but we rejoice also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience, read more. and patience, experience, and experience, hope; and the hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us. For when we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the wicked; for scarcely for a righteous man will one die, but for a good man some one perhaps would even dare to die; but God commends his love to us, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us; much more then being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved through him from wrath. For if when enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having become reconciled we shall be saved in his life. And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we received the present reconciliation.
What shall we say then to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who spared not his Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? read more. Who will bring a charge against God's elect? It is God that justifies; who is he that condemns? Is it Christ who died, and still more, who has also been raised, and who is on the right hand of God, and who makes intercession for us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter. But in all these things we more than conquer, through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer,
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and be refreshed together with you.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, read more. giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,
What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice;
If therefore there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort in love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions,
So, my beloved and much desired brothers, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved. I beseech Euodias and I beseech Syntyche to have the same mind in the Lord. read more. Yes, I beseech you also, faithful yoke-fellow, help those women who strove in the gospel with me, with Clement and the rest of my co-laborers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to all men; the Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but with all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And may the peace of God which passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
If any one among you is afflicted, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing psalms;
I rejoiced exceedingly that I found your children walking in the truth as we received commandment from the Father.
And to him that is able to keep you without falling, and to present you blameless before his glory, with great joy,
And I said to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on the throne will dwell among them. read more. And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat, for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and lead them to fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself,
Morish
Joy, or gladness, is what man craves and is set upon finding; and he does find it when he finds God, and only then. He retains it too in proportion as he grows in the knowledge of God. God is the author of true joy as of every good and perfect gift. Being Himself perfectly good and above all evil, He is even represented as finding His own joy in the repentance of the sinner who returns to seek Him. Sin having come in, and man being thus, alas, alienated from God, his idea of joy is to be as happy as he can make himself without God and away from Him. (See the prodigal in Luke 15.) But disappointment and bitterness here and eternal sorrow hereafter alone can result from such a course as that. When however, on the contrary, the light of God's love, revealed in the gift and the death of His Son, breaks upon the heart, it is filled at once "with joy unspeakable and full of glory."
The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. The fruit too of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, with other beautiful traits, and this is produced in the believer's heart by the Spirit for God's glory. The apostle desired for the Romans that the God of hope would fill them with all joy and peace in believing. Ro 15:13. The Thessalonians too had received the word in "much affliction with joy of the Holy Ghost." Many more passages might be cited to show how joy is one of the leading characteristics of those who have been brought to know God. The one only Man who never had to be so brought
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And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.