'Joy' in the Bible

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy.

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:

You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.

And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

And there was much joy in that town.

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.

Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of 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;

It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

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

How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.

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, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:

So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles 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 you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

For you are our glory and our joy.

For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

Have joy at all times.

Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

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

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great 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 we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

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 much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.