'Glad' in the Bible

Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.

The following day, Solomon sent the people away as they blessed the king. Then they went back to their tents, rejoicing and glad for all the good things that the LORD had done for his servant David and to his people Israel.

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad! Say to the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

Everybody in Judah was very glad to make their oath, because they had made their vow with all their heart and had sought him with all of their might, and they found him! The LORD also gave them rest in their surrounding lands.

Then they observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had made them glad, turning the heart of the king of Assyria toward them and strengthening them for their work on the Temple of God, the God of Israel.

I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High!

May Israel's deliverance come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad. A Davidic Psalm.

Therefore, my heart is glad, my whole being rejoices, and my body will dwell securely.

Indeed, you have given him eternal blessings; you will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

I will rejoice and be glad in your gracious love, for you see my affliction and take note that my soul is distressed.

Righteous ones, be glad in the LORD and rejoice! Shout for joy, all of you who are upright in heart!

My soul will rejoice in the LORD and be glad in his deliverance.

Let all who seek you shout for joy and be glad in you. May those who love your deliverance say, "The LORD be magnified!" continuously.

All your clothes are scented with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

Mount Zion will be glad; the towns of Judah will rejoice because of your judgments.

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands.

The heavens will be glad and the earth will rejoice; even the sea and everything that fills it will roar.

The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! May many islands be glad!

This is the day that the LORD has made; let's rejoice and be glad in it.

May those who fear you see me and be glad, for I have hoped in your word.

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

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.

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let yourself be glad when he stumbles.

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.

"And you will say at that time, "Look! It's the LORD! This is our God! We waited for him, and he saved us. This is the LORD! We waited for him, so let us rejoice, and we will be glad that he has saved us."

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

When all the people who were with Ishmael saw Kareah's son Jonathan and all the military leaders who were with him, they were glad.

"Stop being afraid, land! Rejoice and be glad, because the LORD will do great things.

And so be glad, children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, because he has given you the right amount of early rain, and he will cause the rain to fall for you, both the early rain and the later rain as before.

Don't be glad on my account, my enemy. When I fall, I'll get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD is a light for me.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "The fasts that occur in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be joyful and glad times for the house of Judah, replete with cheerful festivals. Therefore, love truth and peace.'"

"The people of Ephraim will become like mighty soldiers; they will be glad, like those who have wine. Their children will see this and rejoice; their hearts will find joy in the Lord.