'Joy' in the Bible
You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.
For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,