Bible verses about joy
Passages on a joy that does not depend on your circumstances.
The best-known verses about joy
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- Neh 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
- Ps 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Ps 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Ps 118:24
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- Ps 126:5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Ps 51:12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Ps 100:1
A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
- Ps 100:2
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
- Phil 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
- Gal 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Rom 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
- Rom 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- John 15:11
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
- John 16:22
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- Jas 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
- 1 Pet 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- 1 Thess 5:16
Rejoice evermore.
- Isa 55:12
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- Hab 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- Prov 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Eccl 3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
- Zeph 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
More verses about joy
20 further passages on the same theme.
- Ps 4:7
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
- Ps 5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- Ps 14:7
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
- Prov 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
- Prov 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
- Prov 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Isa 9:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
- Isa 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isa 16:10
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
- Matt 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
- Matt 13:20
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Matt 25:21
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Mark 4:16
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
- Luke 1:44
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
- Luke 2:10
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
- Luke 6:23
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
- John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
- John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
- Rom 12:8
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
- Rom 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.