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JOY.
The noun joy and its synonyms, rejoicing, gladness, mirth, the verb joy
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"Happy are the poor in spirit; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
"Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
"Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. "Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. read more. Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. Verily I say to you, in no wise shall you come out thence, till you pay the last farthing. read more. "Ye heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' but I say to you, that every one who looks upon a woman, to lust after her, already committed adultery with her in his heart. "And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell. "And, if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body go away into Hell. "And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;' but I say to you, that every one who puts away his wife, except on account of fornication, makes her commit adultery: and whosoever marries her when put away commits adultery. "Again ye heard that it was said to the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths;" but I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by Heaven, because it is God's throne;
"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.
"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who, calling to the others, say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not lament.' 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 man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."
"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not?" And Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast; read more. but there will come days when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; else the patch takes from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perishes, and the skins; but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins."
And you will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth;
And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord;
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He visited, and wrought redemption for His people;
And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall be thrust down to Hades!
Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice, because your names have been written in Heaven." In that same hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank Thee, O Father Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes: yea, Father, because it was well-pleasing in Thy sight.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'
I say to you, that so there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.
So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."
and bring ye the fatted calf, kill it; and, eating, let us be merry;
And, on the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and His disciples, to the marriage. read more. And, wine having fallen short, the mother of Jesus says to Him, "They have no wine." And He saith to her, "Woman, what is it to Me and to you? My hour has not yet come." His mother says to the servants, "Whatsoever He saith to you, do." Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the Jews' manner of purifying, containing, each, two or three firkins. Jesus saith to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And He saith to them, "Draw out now, and bear to the ruler of the feast." And they bore it. When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calls the bridegroom, and says to him, "Every man sets on the good wine first; and, when they become drunken, the worse. You have kept the good wine until now!" This beginning of His signs Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.
He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
"Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in Me.
"Peace I leave for you; My own peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled; neither let it be fearful.
Even as the Father loved Me, I also loved you; abide in My love. If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. read more. These things have I spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
These things have I spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
These things have I spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you. read more. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his soul for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do what I command you.
Jesus knew that they wished to ask Him, and He said to them, "Do ye inquire among yourselves about this that I said, 'A little while, and ye behold Me not, and again a little while, and ye will see Me!' Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: ye will be made sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. read more. A woman, when she is in travail, has sorrow, because her hour came; but, when she bears the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born into the world. And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one takes away from you. And in that day ye will ask nothing of Me: verily, verily, I say to you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, He will give it you in My name. Hitherto ye asked nothing in My name; ask, and ye will receive, that your joy may be made full. "These things have I spoken to you in proverbs. An hour is coming, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will tell you plainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask in My name: and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father for you; for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father." His disciples say, "Lo, now Thou talkest plainly, and speakest no proverb: now we know that Thou knowest all things; and hast no need that any one should ask Thee: by this we believe that Thou didst come forth from God." Jesus answered them, "Do ye now believe? Behold, an hour is coming, and has come, that ye should be scattered, each to his own, and leave Me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
But now I come to Thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at their homes, were partaking of food in gladness and singleness of heart;
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at their homes, were partaking of food in gladness and singleness of heart;
They, therefore, were going from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they were accounted worthy to suffer dishonor in behalf of The Name.
and, bringing them up into his house, he placed a table near them; and he rejoiced greatly with all his house, having believed in God.
and, bringing them up into his house, he placed a table near them; and he rejoiced greatly with all his house, having believed in God.
And, as to the present things, I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there will be no loss of soul among you, but only of the ship.
through Whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we have been standing; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations; knowing that tribulation works out patience; read more. and patience, approval; and approval, hope; and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the holy Spirit, Who was given to us. For, while we were yet weak, Christ, in due season, died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; for, peradventure, in behalf of a good man, some one even dares to die. But God commendeth His own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more, therefore, being now justified by His blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son; much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by His life; and not only so, but we are rejoicing in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we now received the reconciliation.
What, then, shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He Who spared not His Own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? read more. Who will bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God Who justifieth; who is he that condemns? It is Christ Who died, yea, rather, That was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God, Who also is making intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or perils or sword? As it has been written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors 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 creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; persevering in prayer;
for the Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
for the Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound In hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
that, coming to you in joy through the will of God, I may with you be refreshed.
For, if I make you sorry, who, indeed, is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?
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 drunken with wine, in which is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; read more. giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
What then? save that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed; and in this I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
If there is, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,
Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntiche, to think the same thing in the Lord. read more. Yea, I request you also, true yoke-fellow, help these women, who, indeed, labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement also, and my remaining fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your forbearance be known to all men: the Lord is near! Be anxious for nothing; but, in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God: and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Thou lovedst righteousness, and hatedst iniquity; therefore, God, Thy God, anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows";
Is anyone among you afflicted? let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? let him sing praise.
I rejoiced exceedingly, because I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
Now to Him Who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you without blemish, in gladness, before the presence of His glory,
And I have said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are those who come out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason are they before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His Temple; and He Who sitteth on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. read more. They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more; nor shall the sun by any means fall on them, nor any heat; because the Lamb, Who is in the midst of the throne, will be their Shepherd, and will guide them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Let us rejoice, and exult, and give the glory to Him; because the marriage of the Lamb came, and His wife made herself ready."
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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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound In hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.