7 Bible Verses about Christ's Joy
Most Relevant Verses
I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.
In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing; and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep. I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
And now I come to thee. And these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.
looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy. A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world. And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.
Bible Theasaurus
From Thematic Bible
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
And I will cause all her mirth to cease: her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths! and all her solemnities.
and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived.
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
Joy » Christ's joy » Sustained him at the cross
looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Joy » Christ's joy » In the divine method of revelation
In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
Joy » Christ's joy » Bestowed through his words
And now I come to thee. And these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.
Joy » Christ's joy » Abides in believers
I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.
Joy » Christ's joy » In finding the lost sheep
and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
