Bible Verses About Joy

Then you will joyfully draw water from the springs of salvation.

On that day you will say, "Give thanks to ADONAI! Call on his name! Make his deeds known among the peoples, declare how exalted is his name.

Sing to ADONAI, for he has triumphed - this is being made known throughout the earth.

Shout and sing for joy, you who live in Tziyon; for the Holy One of Isra'el is with you in his greatness!"

The desert and the dry land will be glad; the 'Aravah will rejoice and blossom like the lily.

It will burst into flower, will rejoice with joy and singing, will be given the glory of the L'vanon, the splendor of Karmel and the Sharon. They will see the glory of ADONAI, the splendor of our God.

So be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for look! I am making Yerushalayim a joy, and her people a delight.

I will rejoice in Yerushalayim and take joy in my people. The sound of weeping will no longer be heard in it, no longer the sound of crying.

Rejoice with Yerushalayim! Be glad with her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice with her, all of you who mourned for her;

so that you nurse and are satisfied by her comforting breast, drinking deeply and delighting in the overflow of her glory.

For ADONAI says, "I will spread shalom over her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried in her arm and cuddled in her lap.

Nations, hear the word of ADONAI! Proclaim it in the coastlands far away. Say: "He who scattered Isra'el is gathering him, guarding him like a shepherd his flock."

For ADONAI has ransomed Ya'akov, redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

They will come and sing on the heights of Tziyon, streaming to the goodness of Adonai, to the grain, the wine, the olive oil, and the young of the flock and the herd. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, never to languish again.

"Then the virgin will dance for joy, young men and old men together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, comfort and gladden them after their sorrow.

I will give the cohanim their fill of rich food, and my people will be satisfied with my bounty," says ADONAI.

For I have satisfied the weary and filled the needs of all in distress."

At this point I woke up and looked around, but I had enjoyed my sleep.

"How blessed you are whenever people hate you and ostracize you and insult you and denounce you as a criminal on account of the Son of Man.

Be glad when that happens; yes, dance for joy! because in heaven your reward is great. For that is just how their fathers treated the prophets.

and when he gets home, he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Come, celebrate with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who turns to God from his sins than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

“Another example: what woman, if she has ten drachmas and loses one of these valuable coins, won’t light a lamp, sweep the house and search all over until she finds it?

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy among God’s angels when one sinner repents.”

Again Yeshua said, “A man had two sons.