Joy

Psalm 5:11 “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.”

16:11 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy. . . .”

32:11 “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.”

51:12 “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.”

105:43 “And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. . . .”

Ecclesiastes 2:26 “For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy. . . .”

9:1-10 “Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.”

Deuteronomy 12:18 “. . . and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.”

1st Chronicles 15:16 “And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.”

Nehemiah 8:10 “. . . for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Isaiah 12:1-6 (v. 3) “Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”

29:19 “The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord. . . .”

51:11 “Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.”

Examples: (What do these mean to you?)

Isaiah 52:9 “Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.”

55:12 “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”

(EXPLANATION: Luke 19:28-40 “And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”)

Isaiah 61:1-3 “. . . unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning. . . .”

Habakkuk 3:17-18 “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Acts 13:52 “And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.”

Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom . . . is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. . . .”

Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy. . . .”

2nd Corinthians 1:24 “Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.”

John 15:11 “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”