Biblical Concept: Joy

Application: Joy reminds / encourages the Believer that, spiritually, in Christ, we have the ultimate

victory—as we live in the Angelic Conflict. An Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy. Very soul satisfying.

Observation: There is emotional joy, intellectual joy, and spiritual joy.

Joy

^NASGenesis 31:27 "Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;

^♠NASDeuteronomy 28:47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; (Cursing and Blessing Context) (Be sure to give thanks to God—much.)

^NAS1 Samuel 18:6 And it happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.

^NAS1 Kings 1:40 And all the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth shook at their noise. (Solomon becomes King.) (Joy and a Presidential election?)

^NAS1 Chronicles 12:40 Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.

^NAS1 Chronicles 15:16 Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

²⁵ So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with joy.

^NAS1 Chronicles 16:27 Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.

³³ Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD; For He is coming to judge the earth.

^NAS1 Chronicles 29:17 "Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee.

^NAS2 Chronicles 20:27 And every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

^NAS2 Chronicles 29:30 Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

^NAS2 Chronicles 30:21 And the sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day after day with loud instruments to the LORD.

²³ Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.

♠ ²⁶ So there was great joy in Jerusalem, because there was nothing like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel. (Hezekiah’s spiritual reforms and joy.) (Knowing spiritual reality has a joy component. Compare “We Just Know We Are Spiritually Right.”)

^NASEzra 3:12 Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy;

¹³ so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

^NASEzra 6:16 And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

♠ ²² And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. (Joy after Assyrian captivity.)

^NASNehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

^NASNehemiah 12:43 and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

^NASEsther 8:16 For the Jews there was light and gladness and joy and honor.

¹⁷ And in each and every province, and in each and every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

^NASJob 8:19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.

^NASJob 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?

^NASJob 29:13 "The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy.

^NASJob 33:26 Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.

^♠NASJob 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

^{All Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes}

^NASPsalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in Thee be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And mayest Thou shelter them, That those who love Thy name may exult in Thee.

^NASPsalm 16:11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; In Thy presence is fulness of joy; In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever. (The best is yet to come.)

^NASPsalm 20:5 We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

^NASPsalm 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

^NASPsalm 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

^NASPsalm 32:11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones, And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

^NASPsalm 33:1 Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

³ Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

^NASPsalm 35:27 Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication; And let them say continually, "The LORD be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant."

^NASPsalm 42:4 These things I remember, and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

^NASPsalm 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise Thee, O God, my God.

^NASPsalm 45:7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee With the oil of joy above Thy fellows.

^NASPsalm 47:1 For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O Clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy.

^NASPsalm 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King.

^NASPsalm 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which Thou hast broken rejoice.

¹² Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.

^NASPsalm 63:7 For Thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing for joy.

^NASPsalm 65:8 And they who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Thy signs; Thou dost make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

¹³ The meadows are clothed with flocks, And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

^NASPsalm 67:4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For Thou wilt judge the peoples with uprightness, And guide the nations on the earth. Selah.

^NASPsalm 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to Thee; And my soul, which Thou hast redeemed. (Note enemies in the context.)

^NASPsalm 81:1 For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

^NASPsalm 84:2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

^NASPsalm 87:7 Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say, "All my springs of joy are in you."

^NASPsalm 89:12 The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Thy name.

^NASPsalm 90:14 O satisfy us in the morning with Thy lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

^NASPsalm 92:4 For Thou, O LORD, hast made me glad by what Thou hast done, I will sing for joy at the works of Thy hands.

^NASPsalm 95:1 O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

^NASPsalm 96:12 Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

^NASPsalm 98:4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.

⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the mountains sing together for joy

^NASPsalm 105:43 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.

^NASPsalm 119:111 I have inherited Thy testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

^NASPsalm 126:6 He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

^NASPsalm 132:9 Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; And let Thy godly ones sing for joy.

¹⁶ "Her priests also I will clothe with salvation; And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.

^NASPsalm 137:6 May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

^NASPsalm 149:5 Let the godly ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds.

^NASProverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.

^NASProverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

¹³ Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.

^NASProverbs 15:21 Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight. (When 15:21a becomes a large percent of any country . . . )

²³ A man has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!

^NASProverbs 17:21 He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.

^NASProverbs 21:15 The execution of justice is joy for the righteous, But is terror to the workers of iniquity.

^NASEcclesiastes 2:26 For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

^NASIsaiah 12:6 Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. (Perhaps Millennial?)

^NASIsaiah 14:7 "The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy. (Millennial promises counter Babylonian suffering.)

^NASIsaiah 16:10 And gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No treader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.

^NASIsaiah 24:11 There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All joy turns to gloom. The gaiety of the earth is banished.

¹⁴ They raise their voices, they shout for joy. They cry out from the west concerning the majesty of the LORD.

^NASIsaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.

^NASIsaiah 35:2 It will blossom profusely And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, The majesty of our God. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

⁶ Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

¹⁰ And the ransomed of the LORD will return, And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASIsaiah 42:11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, The settlements where Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud, Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

^NASIsaiah 44:23 Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it; For the LORD has redeemed Jacob And in Israel He shows forth His glory. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASIsaiah 49:13 Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have compassion on His afflicted. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASIsaiah 51:3 Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

¹¹ So the ransomed of the LORD will return, And come with joyful shouting to Zion; And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASIsaiah 54:1 "Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman," says the LORD.

^NASIsaiah 55:12 "For you will go out with joy, And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

^NASIsaiah 60:15 "Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation. (Millennial / Eternal promises for Israel.)

^NASIsaiah 61:7 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. (Millennial / Eternal promises for Israel.)

^NASIsaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word: "Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name's sake, Have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy.' But they will be put to shame.

^NASJeremiah 7:34 "Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.

^♠NASJeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found and I ate them, And Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts. (Knowing Spiritual reality = Joy.)

^NASJeremiah 25:10 'Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

^NASJeremiah 31:12 "And they shall come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they shall be radiant over the bounty of the LORD-- Over the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life shall be like a watered garden, And they shall never languish again. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

¹³ "Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy, And will comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASJeremiah 33:9 'And it shall be to Me a name of joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do for them, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.'

¹¹ the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, "Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting"; and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' says the LORD.

^NASJeremiah 48:33 "So gladness and joy are taken away From the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab. And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy.

^NASJeremiah 49:25 "How the city of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy!

^NASJeremiah 51:48 "Then heaven and earth and all that is in them Will shout for joy over Babylon, For the destroyers will come to her from the north," Declares the LORD.

^NASLamentations 2:15 All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, "Is this the city of which they said, 'The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth '?"

^NASLamentations 5:15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

^NASEzekiel 24:25 'As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes, and their heart's delight, their sons and their daughters,

^NASEzekiel 36:5 therefore, thus says the Lord God, "Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey."

^NASJoel 1:16 Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God?

^NASZephaniah 3:14 Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

¹⁷ "The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASZechariah 2:10 "Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD. (Millennium: The best is yet to come.)

^NASZechariah 8:19 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.'

^NASMatthew 2:10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

^♠NASMatthew 13:20 "And the one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy;

⁴⁴ "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

^NASMatthew 25:21 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.'

²³ "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'

^♠NASMatthew 28:8 And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

^♠NASMark 4:16 "And in a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; (A Parable of Positive Volition: The Sower and soils.)

^NASLuke 1:14 "And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

⁴⁴ "For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.

^NASLuke 2:10 And the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people;

^NASLuke 6:23 "Be glad in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

^NASLuke 8:13 "And those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

^NASLuke 10:17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."

^♠NASLuke 15:7 "I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

♠ ¹⁰ "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

^NASLuke 24:41 And while they still could not believe it for joy and were marveling, He said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"

⁵² And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

^NASJohn 3:29 "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. And so this joy of mine has been made full.

All upper room discourse (John 13-17 chapters.)

^♠NASJohn 15:11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

^♠NASJohn 16:20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned to joy. (Emotional joy.) (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

²¹ "Whenever a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she remembers the anguish no more, for joy that a child has been born into the world.

²² "Therefore you too now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you. (Emotional joy.) (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

²⁴ "Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

^♠NASJohn 17:13 "But now I come to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy made full in themselves. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NASActs 12:14 And when she recognized Peter's voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

^♠NASActs 13:52 And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

^♠NASActs 15:3 Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren.

All Epistles

^♠NASRomans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^♠NASRomans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

³² so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company.

^NAS2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NAS2 Corinthians 2:3 And this is the very thing I wrote you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

^NAS2 Corinthians 7:4 Great is my confidence in you, great is my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with comfort. I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.) (Read the chapter.)

¹³ For this reason we have been comforted. And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

^NAS2 Corinthians 8:2 that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

^NASGalatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NASPhilippians 1:4 always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,

²⁵ And convinced of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NASPhilippians 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

¹⁷ But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

¹⁸ And you too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

²⁹ Therefore receive him in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard;

^NASPhilippians 4:1 Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NAS1 Thessalonians 1:6 You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NAS1 Thessalonians 2:19 For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.) (The best is yet to come.)

²⁰ For you are our glory and joy. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NAS1 Thessalonians 3:9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account, (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

^NAS2 Timothy 1:4 longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. (Emotional spiritual joy.)

^NASPhilemon 1:7 For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

^NASHebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Big picture spiritual joy.)

^NASHebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders, and submit to them; for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you. (Obey = Pei,qesqe verb imperative present passive 2nd person plural from pei,qw = allow yourself to receive convincing.) (Submit = u`pei,kete verb imperative present active 2nd person plural from u`pei,kw / hupo = under, eiko = yield.) (Obey, submit = be teachable.) (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.) (Contrast 1 Corinthians 3:20-23.)

^NASJames 1:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, (Opportunity for spiritual growth and joy—intellectual spiritual joy.)

^NASJames 4:9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy to gloom. (The serious wise: Intellectual joy over emotional joy. Compare Ecclesiastes 7:1-7.)

^NAS1 Peter 1:8 and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, (Context: Salvation joy. The best is yet to come.)

^NAS1 John 1:4 And these things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. (Spiritual things lead to joy—intellectual spiritual joy. Note the fellowship and sin context.)

^NAS2 John 1:12 Having many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that your joy may be made full. (Spiritual growth leads to joy—intellectual spiritual joy.)

^NAS3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. (Truth leads to joy—intellectual spiritual joy.)

^NASJude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy. The best is yet to come.)

Joyful

^NASDeuteronomy 16:15 "Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you shall be altogether joyful.

^NAS1 Kings 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people.

^NAS1 Kings 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."

^NASJob 3:7 "Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.

^NASPsalm 21:6 For Thou dost make him most blessed forever; Thou dost make him joyful with gladness in Thy presence.

^NASPsalm 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

^NASPsalm 89:15 How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Thy countenance.

^NASPsalm 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.

^NASPsalm 105:43 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.

^NASPsalm 107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.

^NASPsalm 113:9 He makes the barren woman abide in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

^NASPsalm 118:15 The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

^NASPsalm 126:2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

⁵ Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

^NASProverbs 15:13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

^NASProverbs 17:22 A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

^NASIsaiah 32:13 For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up; Yea, for all the joyful houses, and for the jubilant city.

^NASIsaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD will return, And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

^NASIsaiah 48:20 Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob."

^NASIsaiah 49:13 Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have compassion on His afflicted.

^NASIsaiah 51:11 So the ransomed of the LORD will return, And come with joyful shouting to Zion; And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

^NASIsaiah 56:7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."

^NASIsaiah 66:10 "Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,

^NASEzekiel 7:7 'Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near-- tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains.

^NASHebrews 12:11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy.)

Joyfully

^NASEsther 5:14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it, then go joyfully with the king to the banquet." And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

^NASPsalm 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Thy righteousness.

^NASPsalm 59:16 But as for me, I shall sing of Thy strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Thy lovingkindness in the morning, For Thou hast been my stronghold, And a refuge in the day of my distress.

^NASPsalm 66:1 For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

^NASPsalm 81:1 For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

^NASPsalm 95:1 O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

² Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

^NASPsalm 98:4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.

⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the LORD.

^NASPsalm 100:1 A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.

^NASPsalm 145:7 They shall eagerly utter the memory of Thine abundant goodness, And shall shout joyfully of Thy righteousness.

^NASIsaiah 52:8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see with their own eyes When the LORD restores Zion.

⁹ Break forth, shout joyfully together, You waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.

^NASIsaiah 65:14 "Behold, My servants shall shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you shall cry out with a heavy heart, And you shall wail with a broken spirit.

^NASLuke 19:37 And as He was now approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen, (Messianic Kingdom Expectation = Joy.)

^NASRomans 7:22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, (See 7:15-25 and the struggle against sin.)

^NASHebrews 10:34 For you showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one. (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy. The best is yet to come.)

Joyously

^NASJob 39:13 "The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

^NASIsaiah 12:3 Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

^NASColossians 1:11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously (Intellectual Spiritual Salvation Joy. See the context of 1:9-12 and 28.)

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