Celebrating Joy
Cultivating joy and gratitude in all circumstances
Ruth 3:7
When Boaz had eaten and drank, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
Read commentary →1 Kings 2:1
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:40
All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:8
Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."
Read commentary →Ezra 3:12
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy,
Read commentary →Nehemiah 8:12
All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 8:17
All the assembly of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
Read commentary →Esther 1:10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Read commentary →Esther 5:9
Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
Read commentary →Esther 8:17
In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
Read commentary →Esther 9:18
But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Read commentary →Esther 9:19
Therefore the Judeans of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.
Read commentary →Job 3:6
As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
Read commentary →Job 8:19
Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.
Read commentary →Psalms 1:2
but his delight is in the Lord's Law. On his Law he meditates day and night.
Read commentary →Psalms 4:7
You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
Read commentary →Psalms 4:8
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, the Lord alone, make me live in safety.
Read commentary →Psalms 5:11
But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
Read commentary →Psalms 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Read commentary →Psalms 9:15
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 2:10
Whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 2:26
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.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 3:13
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 5:19
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.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go your way-eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
Read commentary →Song of Solomon 1:4
Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
Read commentary →Song of Solomon 3:11
Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
Read commentary →Isaiah 3:5
The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:2
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:3
You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:15
The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste."
Read commentary →Lamentations 4:21
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz. The cup shall pass through to you also; you will get drunk, and shall make yourself naked.
Read commentary →Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
Read commentary →Daniel 6:23
Then was the king exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
Read commentary →Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Read commentary →Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
Read commentary →Joel 1:16
Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Read commentary →Joel 2:21
Land, do not be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things.
Read commentary →Joel 2:23
"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
Read commentary →Jonah 4:6
The Lord God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
Read commentary →Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
Read commentary →Zephaniah 2:15
This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
Read commentary →Zephaniah 3:14
Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
Read commentary →Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
Read commentary →Zechariah 2:10
Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says the Lord.
Read commentary →Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Read commentary →Matthew 2:10
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:18
For truly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the Law, until all things are accomplished.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:29
And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:2
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from people. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:19
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Read commentary →Matthew 7:15
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:13
And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed in that hour.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:2
And behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven."
Read commentary →Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Read commentary →Matthew 9:22
But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:25
But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:28
And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
Read commentary →Mark 1:31
And he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
Read commentary →Mark 2:1
When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
Read commentary →Mark 4:20
But those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
Read commentary →Mark 5:2
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
Read commentary →Mark 5:34
And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
Read commentary →Mark 6:4
Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
Read commentary →Mark 7:1
Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
Read commentary →Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
Read commentary →Mark 8:34
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Read commentary →Mark 8:36
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
Read commentary →Mark 9:1
He said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."
Read commentary →Mark 9:23
Jesus said to him, "'If you can?' All things are possible to him who believes."
Read commentary →Luke 1:58
Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
Read commentary →Luke 3:5
Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
Read commentary →Luke 5:6
When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.
Read commentary →Luke 5:17
It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal.
Read commentary →Luke 5:30
The Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
Read commentary →Luke 6:20
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
Read commentary →Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Read commentary →Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
Read commentary →Luke 6:25
Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Read commentary →Luke 7:3
When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him Jewish elders, asking him to come and save his servant.
Read commentary →Luke 7:28
"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
Read commentary →Luke 7:37
Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Read commentary →Luke 7:44
Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
Read commentary →Luke 8:41
Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house,
Read commentary →Luke 9:27
But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
Read commentary →Luke 9:38
Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
Read commentary →Luke 9:42
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
Read commentary →John 2:11
This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Read commentary →John 2:22
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Read commentary →John 3:21
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
Read commentary →John 4:38
I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
Read commentary →John 4:47
When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Read commentary →John 4:48
Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
Read commentary →John 7:38
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
Read commentary →John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
Read commentary →John 8:18
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
Read commentary →John 8:25
They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
Read commentary →John 8:28
Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I say these things.
Read commentary →John 8:51
Truly, truly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
Read commentary →John 9:7
and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
Read commentary →John 9:39
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
Read commentary →Acts 2:41
Then those who received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
Read commentary →Acts 4:4
But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Read commentary →Acts 5:14
More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
Read commentary →Acts 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
Read commentary →Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
Read commentary →Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip proclaiming good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Read commentary →Acts 8:14
Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
Read commentary →Acts 9:29
He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
Read commentary →Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
Read commentary →Acts 9:32
It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
Read commentary →Acts 9:35
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
Read commentary →Acts 9:38
As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to us.
Read commentary →Acts 9:41
He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
Read commentary →Acts 9:42
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
Read commentary →Romans 5:11
Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 2:2
For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 7:9
I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 7:16
I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.
Read commentary →Galatians 4:27
For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
Read commentary →Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Read commentary →Philippians 2:29
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
Read commentary →Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
Read commentary →Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Read commentary →Philippians 4:10
But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.
Read commentary →Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
Read commentary →1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is not it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Read commentary →Philemon 1:7
For I have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Read commentary →Philemon 1:20
Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Read commentary →James 5:13
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Read commentary →1 Peter 1:6
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
Read commentary →2 John 1:4
I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
Read commentary →3 John 1:3
For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.
Read commentary →3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
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