40 Bible Verses about joyfulness

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.

O come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord;
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

You will have great joy and delight, and many will rejoice over his birth,

I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living [their lives] in the truth.

So there was great rejoicing in that city.

Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the springs of salvation.

Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God, my exceeding joy;
With the lyre I will praise You, O God, my God!

We are writing these things to you so that our joy [in seeing you included] may be made complete [by having you share in the joy of salvation].

We will sing joyously over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.

Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for their fathers used to treat the prophets in the same way.

Go your way, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God]; for God has already approved and accepted your works.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.

the [sound of the] voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the [song-filled] voice of those who say,

“Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good;
For His [steadfast] lovingkindness (mercy) endures forever”;

and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.

A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

Sing aloud to God our strength;
Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).

You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.

The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.

“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with a heart full of joy and gladness for the abundance of all things [with which He blessed you],

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.

“Then I would still have consolation,
And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,
That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.

[we pray that you may be] strengthened and invigorated with all power, according to His glorious might, to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy;

So for now you are in grief; but I will see you again, and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away from you your [great] joy.

The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

You [O God] will increase the nation,
You will multiply their joy;
They will rejoice before You
Like the joy and jubilation of the harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of victory].

With trumpets and the sound of the horn
Shout with joy before the King, the Lord.

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love [toward one another], knit together in spirit, intent on one purpose [and living a life that reflects your faith and spreads the gospel—the good news regarding salvation through faith in Christ].

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

Serve the Lord with gladness and delight;
Come before His presence with joyful singing.

For [at this time] the Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.

For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever;
You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.

But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living),
And let Your godly ones shout for joy.

They looked to Him and were radiant;
Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

“For you will go out [from exile] with joy
And be led forth [by the Lord Himself] with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield;
My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.