'Joy' in the Bible
When it goes well for the righteous, the city rejoices,And when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
A virtuous and excellent wife [worthy of honor] is the crown of her husband,But she who shames him [with her foolishness] is like rottenness in his bones.
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,But counselors of peace have joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness,And no stranger shares its joy.
A man has joy in giving an appropriate answer,And how good and delightful is a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!
He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.
Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart,The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),But to the evildoers it is disaster.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.