845 verses about Joy

in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL

I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”

Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.

For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh’s glory.

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.

Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate.

Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!

Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

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

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.

I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.