'Rejoice' in the Bible

"On the first day, take branches from impressive fruit trees, branches from palm trees, boughs from thick trees, and poplars from the brooks. Then you are to rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God for seven days.

Then you and your household will eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with all the works of your hand with which he blessed you.

"Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the descendant of Levi who is in your city for there is no territorial allotment for him as you have.

You'll eat only in the presence of the LORD your God at the place that he will choose you, your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the descendant of Levi who is in your cities. Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God in everything you undertake.

You may spend the money to your heart's content to buy livestock, flocks, wine, strong drink, and whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God."

Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.

Rejoice in your festival you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.

Then set it in the presence of the LORD your God and worship him. Rejoice with the descendants of Levi and the foreigner among you at all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family."

Offer a burnt offering there, then eat and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God.

About Zebulun he said: "Zebulun, rejoice as you go out and Issachar, in being inside your tents.

Then Hannah prayed: "My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is increased by the LORD. I will open my mouth to speak against my enemies, because I rejoice in your deliverance.

Don't make it known in Gath! Don't declare it in the avenues of Ashkelon! Otherwise, the daughters of Philistia will rejoice; and the daughters of the uncircumcised will triumph.

Find joy in his holy name; let the hearts of those who keep on seeking the LORD rejoice.

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

Call out, "Save us, God, you who delivers us! Gather us and rescue us from the nations! We will thank your holy name and rejoice as we praise you!

Then they all returned with joy to Jerusalem, every soldier from Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at the head of the procession, because the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

That day they offered a large number of sacrifices, and they rejoiced, because God had caused them to rejoice enthusiastically. Their wives and children rejoiced, so that Jerusalem's joy was heard from a long distance.

At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say.

singing with tambourines and lyres as they rejoice to the sound of flutes.

The righteous will see this and rejoice; the innocent will insult him, saying,

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

Otherwise, my enemy will say, "I have overcome him;" Otherwise, my persecutor will rejoice when I am shaken.

As for me, I have trusted in your gracious love, my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

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.

The precepts of the LORD are upright, making the heart rejoice. The commandment of the LORD is pure, giving light to the eyes.

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!

Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones; for the praise of the upright is beautiful.

Indeed, our heart will rejoice in him, because we have placed our trust in his holy name.

My soul will glorify the LORD; the humble will hear about it and rejoice.

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

Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! Let them continuously say, "Magnify the LORD, who delights in giving peace to his servant."

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

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

Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

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?"

The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Then God spoke in his holiness, "I will rejoice I will divide Shechem; I will portion out the Succoth Valley.

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

He turned the sea into dry land. Israel crossed the river on foot; let us rejoice in him.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, because you judge people with fairness and you govern the people of the earth. Interlude

But the righteous rejoice and exult before God; they are overwhelmed with joy.

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

Let those who seek you greatly rejoice in you. Let those who love your deliverance say, "May God be continuously exalted."

Will you restore our lives again so that your people may rejoice in you?

In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.

Satisfy us in the morning with your gracious love so we may sing for joy and rejoice every day.

Cause us to rejoice throughout the time when you have afflicted us, the years when we have known trouble.

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

The field and all that is in it will rejoice; then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

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

Zion hears and rejoices; the towns of Judah rejoice on account of your justice, LORD.

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones! Give thanks at the mention of his holiness! A psalm

May the glory of the LORD last forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works!

May my thoughts be pleasing to him; indeed, I will rejoice in the LORD!

Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice!

to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance.

Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.

The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

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

May Israel rejoice in its Maker, and Zion's descendants in their King!

who delight in doing evil, and rejoice in the perverseness of evil;

Deceit is at home in the heart of those who plan evil, but those who promote peace rejoice.

My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will greatly rejoice.

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

Let your father and mother rejoice; make the one who gave birth to you happy.

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

As the righteous grow powerful, people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, people groan.

Furthermore, for every person to whom God has given wealth, riches, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept this allotment, and to rejoice in his work this is a gift from God.

Take me with you! Let's run away! Let the king bring me into his private chambers. The daughters of Jerusalem will rejoice and be happy for you. We will value your love more than wine. They love you appropriately.

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.

I myself have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also summoned my warriors, those who rejoice in my triumph, to carry out my angry judgments.

Even the cypresses rejoice over you, as do the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Now that you've been laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'

"Don't rejoice, all of you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, because from the snake's root a viper will spring up, and its offspring will be a darting, poisonous serpent.

"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."

The humble will again experience joy in the LORD, and the poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

"The desert and the dry land will rejoice; the desert will celebrate and blossom. Like crocuses,

it will burst into bloom, and rejoice with gladness and shouts of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

You'll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up, and a tempest will blow them away. Then you'll rejoice in the LORD, and you'll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel."

"I will heartily rejoice in the LORD, my soul will delight in my God; for he has wrapped me in garments of salvation; he has arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, just like a bridegroom, like a priest with a garland, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

"For just as a young man marries a maiden, so your sons will marry you; and just as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.

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.

I'll rejoice over Jerusalem, and take delight in my people; no longer will the sound of weeping be heard in it, nor the cry of distress.

"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be happy for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in gladness, all you who mourn over her,

And when you look, your hearts will rejoice and your bodies will flourish like grass; and it will be made known that the LORD's hand is with his servants, but his fury is with his enemies.

"What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has carried out many evil schemes? Can sacrificial flesh turn disaster away from you, so you can rejoice?"

I didn't sit in the company of those who have fun, and I didn't rejoice. Because of your hand on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.

The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.

I'll rejoice over them to do good for them, and I'll faithfully plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.'

"Though you rejoice, though you exult, you plunderers of my inheritance, though you skip around like a heifer in the grass and neigh like stallions,

People heard how I groan, with no one to comfort me. All my adversaries have heard about my troubles; they rejoice that you have caused them. Bring on the day you have promised, so my adversaries will become like me.

Celebrate and rejoice, you women of Edom, who live in the land of Uz. But to you the cup also will pass you will become drunk and stripped naked.

"The day has arrived. Don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller lament, because wrath is coming to attack the entire multitude. The seller won't regain what he has sold while the crowd remains alive, because the vision concerning the entire multitude won't be annulled. No person will be able to survive because of the sin in his life.

"Don't celebrate, Israel, like other nations would rejoice, because you left your God by committing fornication, loving the profit you gained on all of the threshing floors.

"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.