'Glad' in the Bible

Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.

The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.

Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

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

Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.

Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?

Make glad the soul of Your servant,For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy,

The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones,and praise His holy name.

Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Let the glory of the Lord endure forever;Let the Lord be glad in His works;

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

Glory in His holy name;Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.

Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:

that may see the good [done] your chosen ones, to be glad in the joy of your nation, to glory together with your inheritance.

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

The upright see it and are glad;But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Let them curse, but You bless;When they arise, they shall be ashamed,But Your servant shall be glad.

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

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

{A Song of degrees of David.} I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

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

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

Let Israel be glad in his Maker;Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

All the days of the afflicted are bad,But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances].

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

My son, if your heart is wise,My own heart also will be glad;

My innermost being will be glad when your lips speak what is right.

The father of a righteous person will greatly rejoice; whoever fathers a wise son will be glad because of him.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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

Oil and perfume make the heart glad,So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;

Grief is better than laughter,for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.And walk in the ways of your heartand in the sight of your eyes;but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

You have increased the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice in your presence as they rejoice at the harvest, as they are glad when they're dividing the spoils of war.

Even the trees of the wood are glad over you, the trees of Lebanon, saying, From the time of your fall no wood-cutter has come up against us with an axe.

Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.

The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.

And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

The first, I said to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.

Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;

I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.

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.

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

I will rejoice in Jerusalemand be glad in My people.The sound of weeping and cryingwill no longer be heard in her.

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

Then you will see this, and your heart will be glad,And your bones will flourish like the new grass;And the hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants,But He will be indignant toward His enemies.

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland."

This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.

For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.'"

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.

I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.

Moreover, the Lord says, "Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, 'Lord, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.'