172 occurrences

'Joy' in the Bible

Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;

It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.

All the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth shook at their noise.

Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.

Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with joy.

Splendor and majesty are before Him,Strength and joy are in His place.

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the Lord;For He is coming to judge the earth.

Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day after day with loud instruments to the Lord.

Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.

So there was great joy in Jerusalem, because there was nothing like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.

Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

For the Jews there was light and gladness and joy and honor.

In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;And out of the dust others will spring.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,And the joy of the godless momentary?

“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,That he may see His face with joy,And He may restore His righteousness to man.

But let all who take refuge in You be glad,Let them ever sing for joy;And may You shelter them,That those who love Your name may exult in You.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ones;Praise is becoming to the upright.

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication;And let them say continually, “The Lord be magnified,Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.O clap your hands, all peoples;Shout to God with the voice of joy.

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,Is Mount Zion in the far north,The city of the great King.

For You have been my help,And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

The meadows are clothed with flocksAnd the valleys are covered with grain;They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy;For You will judge the peoples with uprightnessAnd guide the nations on the earth. Selah.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;And my soul, which You have redeemed.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say,“All my springs of joy are in you.”

The north and the south, You have created them;Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done,I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Let the field exult, and all that is in it.Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

Let the rivers clap their hands,Let the mountains sing together for joy

And He brought forth His people with joy,His chosen ones with a joyful shout.

He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,And let Your godly ones sing for joy.

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouthIf I do not remember you,If I do not exalt JerusalemAbove my chief joy.

Let the godly ones exult in glory;Let them sing for joy on their beds.

Folly is joy to him who lacks sense,But a man of understanding walks straight.

For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;They break forth into shouts of joy.

Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,No treader treads out wine in the presses,For I have made the shouting to cease.

There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine;All joy turns to gloom.The gaiety of the earth is banished.

They raise their voices, they shout for joy;They cry out from the west concerning the majesty of the Lord.

It will blossom profuselyAnd rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy.The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,The majesty of Carmel and Sharon.They will see the glory of the Lord,The majesty of our God.

Then the lame will leap like a deer,And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.For waters will break forth in the wildernessAnd streams in the Arabah.

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,The settlements where Kedar inhabits.Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth;Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains,O forest, and every tree in it;For the Lord has redeemed JacobAnd in Israel He shows forth His glory.

Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!For the Lord has comforted His peopleAnd will have compassion on His afflicted.

Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion;He will comfort all her waste places.And her wilderness He will make like Eden,And her desert like the garden of the Lord;Joy and gladness will be found in her,Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

So the ransomed of the Lord will returnAnd come with joyful shouting to Zion,And everlasting joy will be on their heads.They will obtain gladness and joy,And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

“Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerousThan the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

“For you will go out with joyAnd be led forth 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.

“Whereas you have been forsaken and hatedWith no one passing through,I will make you an everlasting pride,A joy from generation to generation.

Instead of your shame you will have a double portion,And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,Everlasting joy will be theirs.

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word:“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’But they will be put to shame.

Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.

Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

“They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion,And they will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord—Over the grain and the new wine and the oil,And over the young of the flock and the herd;And their life will be like a watered garden,And they will never languish again.

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,And the young men and the old, together,For I will turn their mourning into joyAnd will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רנן 
Ranan 
Usage: 54

רננה 
R@nanah 
Usage: 4

G20
ἀγαλλίασις 
Agalliasis 
Usage: 5

גּוּל גּיל 
Giyl 
Usage: 45

גּיל 
Giyl 
Usage: 9

גּילת גּילה 
Giylah 
Usage: 2

דּוּץ 
Duwts 
Usage: 1

חדוה 
Chedvah 
Usage: 2

טוּב 
Tuwb 
Usage: 32

משׂושׂ 
Masows 
Usage: 17

עלז 
`alaz 
Usage: 16

עלּיז 
`alliyz 
Usage: 7

עלץ 
`alats 
Usage: 8

רנּה 
Rinnah 
Usage: 33

רנּן 
Rannen 
Usage: 0

שׂישׂ שׂוּשׂ 
Suws 
Usage: 27

שׂמח 
Samach 
Usage: 155

שׂמח 
Sameach 
Usage: 20

שׂמחה 
Simchah 
Usage: 93

שׂשׂן שׂשׂון 
Sasown 
Usage: 23

תּרוּעה 
T@ruw`ah 
Usage: 36

G21
ἀγαλλιάω 
Agalliao 
Usage: 8

εὐφροσύνη 
Euphrosune 
Usage: 2

καυχάομαι 
Kauchaomai 
Usage: 37

ὀνίνημι 
Oninemi 
Usage: 1

σκιρτάω 
Skirtao 
Usage: 2

χαίρω 
Chairo 
Usage: 60

χαρά 
Chara 
Usage: 44

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