'Joy' in the Bible

The voices of your watchmen—they lift up their voices,shouting for joy together;for every eye will seewhen the Lord returns to Zion.

You will indeed go out with joyand be peacefully guided;the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Instead of your being deserted and hated,with no one passing through,I will make you an object of eternal pride,a joy from age to age.

Because your shame was double,and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”therefore, they will possess double in their land,and eternal joy will be theirs.

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.

Then be glad and rejoice foreverin what I am creating;for I will create Jerusalem to be a joyand its people to be a delight.

You who tremble at His word,hear the word of the Lord:“Your brothers who hate and exclude youbecause of Me have said,‘Let the Lord be glorifiedso that we can see your joy!’But they will be put to shame.”

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.

My joy has flown away;grief has settled on me.My heart is sick.

Your words were found, and I ate them.Your words became a delight to meand the joy of my heart,for I am called by Your name,Yahweh God of Hosts.

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.

May the man be cursedwho brought the news to my father, saying,“A male child is born to you,”bringing him great joy.

I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

For this is what the Lord says:Sing with joy for Jacob;shout for the chief of the nations!Proclaim, praise, and say,“Lord, save Your people,the remnant of Israel!”

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;they will be radiant with joybecause of the Lord’s goodness,because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,and because of the young of the flocks and herds.Their life will be like an irrigated garden,and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.

Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing,while young and old men rejoice together.I will turn their mourning into joy,give them consolation,and bring happiness out of grief.

This city will bear on My behalf a name of joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I will do for them. They will tremble with awe because of all the good and all the peace I will bring about for them.

a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying,Praise the Lord of Hosts,for the Lord is good;His faithful love endures foreveras they bring thank offerings to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.

Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile fieldand from the land of Moab.I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;no one will tread with shouts of joy.The shouting is not a shout of joy.

How can the city of praise not be abandoned,the town that brings Me joy?

Heaven and earth and everything in themwill shout for joy over Babylonbecause the destroyers from the northwill come against her.This is the Lord’s declaration.

ס SamekAll who pass byscornfully clap their hands at you.They mock and shake their headsat Daughter Jerusalem:Is this the city that was calledthe perfection of beauty,the joy of the whole earth?

Joy has left our hearts;our dancing has turned to mourning.

“‘Son of man, know that on the day I take their stronghold from them, their pride and joy, the delight of their eyes and the longing of their hearts, as well as their sons and daughters,

The grapevine is dried up,and the fig tree is withered;the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple—all the trees of the orchard—have withered.Indeed, human joy has dried up.

Hasn’t the food been cut offbefore our eyes,joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God?

Sing for joy, Daughter Zion;shout loudly, Israel!Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,Daughter Jerusalem!

Yahweh your God is among you,a warrior who saves.He will rejoice over you with gladness.He will bring you quietness with His love.He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”

“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

“The Lord of Hosts says this: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will become times of joy, gladness, and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.”

And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’

So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell His disciples the news.

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

There will be joy and delight for you,and many will rejoice at his birth.

For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me!

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! Take note—your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

The Seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

But while they still were amazed and unbelieving because of their joy, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

After worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

“I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

“I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Now I am coming to You,and I speak these things in the worldso that they may have My joy completed in them.

So there was great joy in that city.

She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway.

And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

and that, by God’s will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.

Love finds no joy in unrighteousnessbut rejoices in the truth.

I do not mean that we have control of your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand by faith. >

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.

For this reason we have been comforted.In addition to our comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.

During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer,

Since I am persuaded of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal.

In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

So then, my brothers, you are dearly loved and longed for—my joy and crown. In this manner stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy

and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you?

For you are our glory and joy!

How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy we experience before our God because of you,

Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy,

For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Yes, brother, may I have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

You have loved righteousnessand hated lawlessness;this is why God, Your God,has anointed Youwith the oil of joyrather than Your companions.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.

You love Him, though you have not seen Him. And though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,

Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.

We are writing these thingsso that our joy may be complete.

Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to be with you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,