They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will be radiant with joy
because of the Lord’s goodness,
because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,
and because of the young of the flocks and herds.
Their life will be like an irrigated garden,
and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.

Bring joy to Your servant’s life,
because I turn to You, Lord.

for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Surely this is the joy of his way of life;
yet others will sprout from the dust.

You reveal the path of life to me;
in Your presence is abundant joy;
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.

Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard;
no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards.
No one tramples grapes in the winepresses.
I have put an end to the shouting.

The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel.

and the redeemed of the Lord will return
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.

And the redeemed of the Lord will return
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.

I will require the life of every animal and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man’s brother for a man’s life.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

While he was telling the king how Elisha restored the dead son to life, the woman whose son he had restored to life came to appeal to the king for her house and field. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who want to take your life.”

“When someone pursues you and attempts to take your life, my lord’s life will be tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living. However, He will fling away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

ד DaletMy life is down in the dust;
give me life through Your word.

God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart, and you have not requested riches, wealth, or glory, or for the life of those who hate you, and you have not even requested long life, but you have requested for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king,

Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life.

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all His statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

love the Lord your God, obey Him, and remain faithful to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land the Lord swore to give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

You must not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

You gave me life and faithful love,
and Your care has guarded my life.

This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra, Egypt’s king, to his enemies, to those who want to take his life, just as I handed over Judah’s King Zedekiah to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar, who was his enemy, the one who wanted to take his life.’”

Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for the one who wants to take my life wants to take your life. You will be safe with me.”

Just as I considered your life valuable today, so may the Lord consider my life valuable and rescue me from all trouble.”

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

Now please come and let me advise you. Save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

Deliver my life from the sword,
my only life from the power of these dogs.

Who is the man who delights in life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow!”

Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life, or you will weigh out 75 pounds of silver.’

The prophet said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you released from your hand the man I had set apart for destruction, it will be your life in place of his life and your people in place of his people.’”

So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them, what good is my life?”

If there is an injury, then you must give life for life,

“So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us—his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

North and south—You created them.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.

When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy.

Let the fields and everything in them exult.
Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy

Shout to the Lord, all the earth;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.

Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy

Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

Splendor and majesty are before Him;
strength and joy are in His place.

Then the trees of the forest will shout for joy before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.

He brought His people out with rejoicing,
His chosen ones with shouts of joy.

so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of Your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
and boast about Your heritage.

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and announce His works with shouts of joy.

There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!

They ate and drank with great joy in the Lord’s presence that day.

Then, for a second time, they made David’s son Solomon king; they anointed him as the Lord’s ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

I have Your decrees as a heritage forever;
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,
and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.

Though one goes along weeping,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may Your godly people shout for joy.

I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Let the godly celebrate in triumphal glory;
let them shout for joy on their beds.

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

The hope of the righteous is joy,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

Foolishness brings joy to one without sense,
but a man with understanding walks a straight path.

A man takes joy in giving an answer;
and a timely word—how good that is!

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.

Let your father and mother have joy,
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy,
so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.