Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.”

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

For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.

They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.

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

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

You will joyfully draw water
from the springs of salvation,

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.

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

“I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Now I am coming to You,
and I speak these things in the world
so that they may have My joy completed in them.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

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.

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart,
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.

You will see, you will rejoice,
and you will flourish like grass;
then the Lord’s power will be revealed to His servants,
but He will show His wrath against His enemies.

“I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world. So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy. read more.
In that day you will not ask Me anything.

“I assure you: Anything you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.