Joy

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.

Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.

The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

…as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

…as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

…the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

…while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.

Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.

May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah

But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”

North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.

…for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.