'Joy' in the Bible

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.

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.

That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

For your obedience has become known to everyone, and I am full of joy for you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

And if one part is suffering, every other part suffers with it; or if one part is receiving special honor, every other part shares in the joy.

Love finds no joy in unrighteousnessbut rejoices in the truth.

It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied.

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

and it is a joy to us when we are powerless, but you are strong. This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters.

For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

But each one must carefully scrutinize his own work [examining his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing himself to another.

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

For it is we who are the circumcision we who worship in the Spirit of God and find our joy in the Messiah Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

For ye are our glory and joy.

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

Have joy at all times.

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

You have loved righteousnessand hated lawlessness;this is why God, Your God,has anointed Youwith the oil of joyrather than Your companions.

You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

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:

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Let us rejoice and shout for joy! Let us give Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb has come [at last] and His bride (the redeemed) has prepared herself.”