Bible Verses About Joy

Joy runs all through the Bible: gladness in God’s presence that does not depend on easy days.

  1. Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
  2. You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
  3. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
  4. I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
  5. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  6. 2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
  7. For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  8. This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
  9. 16Rejoice at all times. 17Pray without ceasing. 18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  10. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  11. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
  12. 17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, 18yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!