'Rejoice' in the Bible

Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

There also you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

But you shall eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all your undertakings.

You may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.

and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.

and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns.

and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household.

and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God.

Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers;

“Rejoice, O nations, with His people;For He will avenge the blood of His servants,And will render vengeance on His adversaries,And will atone for His land and His people.”

Of Zebulun he said,“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going forth,And, Issachar, in your tents.

if then you have dealt in truth and integrity with Jerubbaal and his house this day, rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said,“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.”

Then Hannah prayed and said,“My heart exults in the Lord;My horn is exalted in the Lord,My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies,Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

“Tell it not in Gath,Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”

“Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

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.

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.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;Let it not come into the number of the months.

Who rejoice greatly,And exult when they find the grave?

“But it is still my consolation,And I rejoice in unsparing pain,That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

“They sing to the timbrel and harpAnd rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Worship the Lord with reverenceAnd rejoice with trembling.

That I may tell of all Your praises,That in the gates of the daughter of ZionI may rejoice in Your salvation.

And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When the Lord restores His captive people,Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.O Lord, in Your strength the king will be glad,And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,Because You have seen my affliction;You have known the troubles of my soul,

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

My soul will make its boast in the Lord;The humble will hear it and rejoice.

And my soul shall rejoice in the Lord;It shall exult in His salvation.

Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness,And do not let them rejoice over me.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

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.”

For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;Let those who love Your salvation say continually,“The Lord be magnified!”

Let Mount Zion be glad,Let the daughters of Judah rejoiceBecause of Your judgments.

Make me to hear joy and gladness,Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When God restores His captive people,Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

But the king will rejoice in God;Everyone who swears by Him will glory,For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

He turned the sea into dry land;They passed through the river on foot;There let us rejoice in Him!

But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;And let those who love Your salvation say continually,“Let God be magnified.”

Will You not Yourself revive us again,That Your people may rejoice in You?

In Your name they rejoice all the day,And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;Let the sea roar, and all it contains;

The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;Let the many islands be glad.

That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,That I may glory with Your inheritance.

This is the day which the Lord has made;Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

I rejoice at Your word,As one who finds great spoil.

Let Israel be glad in his Maker;Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King.

Who delight in doing evilAnd rejoice in the perversity of evil;

Let your fountain be blessed,And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

And my inmost being will rejoiceWhen your lips speak what is right.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.

Let your father and your mother be glad,And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

“Draw me after you and let us run together!The king has brought me into his chambers.” “We will rejoice in you and be glad;We will extol your love more than wine.Rightly do they love you.”

“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of ShiloahAnd rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

You shall multiply the nation,You shall increase their gladness;They will be glad in Your presenceAs with the gladness of harvest,As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’

“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,Because the rod that struck you is broken;For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,And its fruit will be a flying serpent.

And it will be said in that day,“Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the Lord,And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

The wilderness and the desert will be glad,And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom;Like the crocus

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.

“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,And the storm will scatter them;But you will rejoice in the Lord,You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,And will bring them all down as fugitives,Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

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.

“Then you will see and be radiant,And your heart will thrill and rejoice;Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you,The wealth of the nations will come to you.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,My soul will exult in my God;For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as a young man marries a virgin,So your sons will marry you;And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,So your God will rejoice over you.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

“But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicingAnd her people for gladness.

“I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;And there will no longer be heard in herThe voice of weeping and the sound of crying.

“Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her;Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,

“What right has My beloved in My houseWhen she has done many vile deeds?Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster,So that you can rejoice?”

“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.

I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

The Lord has done what He purposed;He has accomplished His wordWhich He commanded from days of old.He has thrown down without sparing,And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;He has exalted the might of your adversaries.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,Who dwells in the land of Uz;But the cup will come around to you as well,You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.

‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,Polished to flash like lightning!’Or shall we rejoice, the rod of My son despising every tree?

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations!For you have played the harlot, forsaking your God.You have loved harlots’ earnings on every threshing floor.

Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad,For the Lord has done great things.

So rejoice, O sons of Zion,And be glad in the Lord your God;For He has given you the early rain for your vindication.And He has poured down for you the rain,The early and latter rain as before.

You who rejoice in Lodebar,And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

“Do not gloat over your brother’s day,The day of his misfortune.And do not rejoice over the sons of JudahIn the day of their destruction;Yes, do not boastIn the day of their distress.

Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy.Though I fall I will rise;Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,Drag them away with their net,And gather them together in their fishing net.Therefore they rejoice and are glad.