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Judges 19:3 RSV
Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of asses. And he came to her father's house; and when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him. -
1 Samuel 18:6 RSV
As they were coming home, when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with songs of joy, and with instruments of music. -
1 Kings 1:40 RSV
And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise. -
1 Chronicles 12:40 RSV
And also their neighbors, from as far as Is'sachar and Zeb'ulun and Naph'tali, came bringing food on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of meal, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel. -
1 Chronicles 15:16 RSV
David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. -
1 Chronicles 16:27 RSV
Honor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place. -
1 Chronicles 16:33 RSV
Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. -
2 Chronicles 20:27 RSV
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehosh'aphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies. -
2 Chronicles 30:26 RSV
So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. -
Ezra 3:12 RSV
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy;
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Ezra 6:16 RSV
And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. -
Ezra 6:22 RSV
And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. -
Nehemiah 8:10 RSV
Then he said to them, "Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." -
Nehemiah 12:43 RSV
And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. -
Esther 8:16 RSV
The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor. -
Esther 8:17 RSV
And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict came, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them. -
Job 8:19 RSV
Behold, this is the joy of his way; and out of the earth others will spring. -
Job 20:5 RSV
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? -
Job 29:13 RSV
The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. -
Job 33:26 RSV
then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,
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Job 38:7 RSV
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -
Psalms 4:7 RSV
Thou hast put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. -
Psalms 5:11 RSV
But let all who take refuge in thee rejoice, let them ever sing for joy; and do thou defend them, that those who love thy name may exult in thee. -
Psalms 16:11 RSV
Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. -
Psalms 19:5 RSV
which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man runs its course with joy. -
Psalms 20:5 RSV
May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfil all your petitions! -
Psalms 21:6 RSV
Yea, thou dost make him most blessed for ever; thou dost make him glad with the joy of thy presence. -
Psalms 27:6 RSV
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD. -
Psalms 30:5 RSV
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. -
Psalms 32:11 RSV
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
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Psalms 35:27 RSV
Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!" -
Psalms 43:4 RSV
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God. -
Psalms 45:15 RSV
With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king. -
Psalms 47:1 RSV
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! -
Psalms 48:2 RSV
beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. -
Psalms 51:8 RSV
Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice. -
Psalms 51:12 RSV
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. -
Psalms 63:7 RSV
for thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy. -
Psalms 65:8 RSV
so that those who dwell at earth's farthest bounds are afraid at thy signs; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and the evening to shout for joy. -
Psalms 65:12 RSV
The pastures of the wilderness drip, the hills gird themselves with joy,
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Psalms 65:13 RSV
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy. -
Psalms 67:4 RSV
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah] -
Psalms 68:3 RSV
But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy! -
Psalms 71:23 RSV
My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to thee; my soul also, which thou hast rescued. -
Psalms 81:1 RSV
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! -
Psalms 84:2 RSV
My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. -
Psalms 92:4 RSV
For thou, O LORD, hast made me glad by thy work; at the works of thy hands I sing for joy. -
Psalms 96:12 RSV
let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy -
Psalms 97:11 RSV
Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. -
Psalms 98:8 RSV
Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
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Psalms 105:43 RSV
So he led forth his people with joy, his chosen ones with singing. -
Psalms 107:22 RSV
And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy! -
Psalms 119:111 RSV
Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart. -
Psalms 126:2 RSV
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." -
Psalms 126:5 RSV
May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! -
Psalms 126:6 RSV
He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. -
Psalms 132:9 RSV
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. -
Psalms 132:16 RSV
Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy. -
Psalms 137:6 RSV
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! -
Psalms 149:5 RSV
Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches.
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Proverbs 12:20 RSV
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan good have joy. -
Proverbs 14:10 RSV
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. -
Proverbs 14:13 RSV
Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief. -
Proverbs 15:21 RSV
Folly is a joy to him who has no sense, but a man of understanding walks aright. -
Proverbs 15:23 RSV
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! -
Proverbs 17:21 RSV
A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy. -
Proverbs 21:15 RSV
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers. -
Ecclesiastes 2:26 RSV
For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. -
Ecclesiastes 5:20 RSV
For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart. -
Isaiah 9:3 RSV
Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased its joy; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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Isaiah 12:3 RSV
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. -
Isaiah 12:6 RSV
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel." -
Isaiah 16:10 RSV
And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field; and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no shouts are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; the vintage shout is hushed. -
Isaiah 22:13 RSV
and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." -
Isaiah 24:11 RSV
There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has reached its eventide; the gladness of the earth is banished. -
Isaiah 24:14 RSV
They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west. -
Isaiah 26:19 RSV
Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall. -
Isaiah 29:19 RSV
The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. -
Isaiah 32:14 RSV
For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; -
Isaiah 35:2 RSV
it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God.
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Isaiah 35:6 RSV
then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; -
Isaiah 35:10 RSV
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -
Isaiah 42:11 RSV
Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains. -
Isaiah 48:20 RSV
Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chalde'a, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it forth to the end of the earth; say, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!" -
Isaiah 49:13 RSV
Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted. -
Isaiah 51:3 RSV
For the LORD will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. -
Isaiah 51:11 RSV
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -
Isaiah 52:8 RSV
Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the LORD to Zion. -
Isaiah 55:12 RSV
"For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. -
Isaiah 60:15 RSV
Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic for ever, a joy from age to age.
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Isaiah 61:7 RSV
Instead of your shame you shall have a double portion, instead of dishonor you shall rejoice in your lot; therefore in your land you shall possess a double portion; yours shall be everlasting joy. -
Isaiah 65:18 RSV
But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. -
Isaiah 66:5 RSV
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brethren who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame. -
Isaiah 66:10 RSV
"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her; -
Jeremiah 15:16 RSV
Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts. -
Jeremiah 31:13 RSV
Then shall the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow. -
Jeremiah 33:9 RSV
And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them; they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. -
Jeremiah 48:33 RSV
Gladness and joy have been taken away from the fruitful land of Moab; I have made the wine cease from the wine presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; the shouting is not the shout of joy. -
Jeremiah 51:48 RSV
Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north, says the LORD. -
Lamentations 2:15 RSV
All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem; "Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"
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Lamentations 5:15 RSV
The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. -
Ezekiel 24:25 RSV
"And you, son of man, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart's desire, and also their sons and daughters, -
Ezekiel 36:5 RSV
therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I speak in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might possess it and plunder it. -
Joel 1:16 RSV
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? -
Habakkuk 3:18 RSV
yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. -
Zechariah 8:19 RSV
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace. -
Matthew 2:10 RSV
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; -
Matthew 13:20 RSV
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; -
Matthew 13:44 RSV
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. -
Matthew 25:21 RSV
His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.'
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Matthew 25:23 RSV
His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' -
Matthew 28:8 RSV
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. -
Mark 4:16 RSV
And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; -
Luke 1:14 RSV
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth; -
Luke 1:44 RSV
For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. -
Luke 2:10 RSV
And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; -
Luke 6:23 RSV
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. -
Luke 8:13 RSV
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. -
Luke 10:17 RSV
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" -
Luke 15:7 RSV
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
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Luke 15:10 RSV
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." -
Luke 24:41 RSV
And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" -
Luke 24:52 RSV
And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, -
John 3:29 RSV
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; therefore this joy of mine is now full. -
John 15:11 RSV
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. -
John 16:20 RSV
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. -
John 16:21 RSV
When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world. -
John 16:22 RSV
So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. -
John 16:24 RSV
Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. -
John 17:13 RSV
But now I am coming to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
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Acts 8:8 RSV
So there was much joy in that city. -
Acts 12:14 RSV
Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate. -
Acts 13:52 RSV
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. -
Acts 15:3 RSV
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoeni'cia and Sama'ria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren. -
Romans 14:17 RSV
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit; -
Romans 15:13 RSV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. -
Romans 15:32 RSV
so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. -
2 Corinthians 1:24 RSV
Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. -
2 Corinthians 2:3 RSV
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. -
2 Corinthians 7:13 RSV
Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his mind has been set at rest by you all.
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2 Corinthians 8:2 RSV
for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part. -
Galatians 5:22 RSV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, -
Philippians 1:4 RSV
always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, -
Philippians 1:25 RSV
Convinced of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, -
Philippians 2:2 RSV
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. -
Philippians 2:29 RSV
So receive him in the Lord with all joy; and honor such men, -
Philippians 4:1 RSV
Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. -
Colossians 1:11 RSV
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, -
1 Thessalonians 1:6 RSV
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit; -
1 Thessalonians 2:19 RSV
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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1 Thessalonians 2:20 RSV
For you are our glory and joy. -
1 Thessalonians 3:9 RSV
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God, -
2 Timothy 1:4 RSV
As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy. -
Philemon 1:7 RSV
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. -
Hebrews 12:2 RSV
looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. -
James 1:2 RSV
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, -
James 4:9 RSV
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection. -
1 Peter 1:8 RSV
Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. -
1 John 1:4 RSV
And we are writing this that our joy may be complete. -
2 John 1:12 RSV
Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
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3 John 1:4 RSV
No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
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