42 Bible Verses about celebrating

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: