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Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,

At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

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

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

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.”

Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.

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.

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

Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

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

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

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.

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

…that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

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.

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

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 the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

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

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

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,

…that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.

Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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

For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.

Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

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.

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

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

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.

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

My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You. …

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

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

The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

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

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

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.

May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

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

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

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

I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

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.

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

They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

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

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

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

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.

You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. …

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

…to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her, …

When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. …

…for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

…the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.

…yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

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

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

…and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

…comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ …

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

But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. …

And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

So there was great joy in that city.

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

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

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

…through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of 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.

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

…sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

…being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully