JOY. For God had made them rejoice with great JOY: the wives also and the children rejoiced. Nehemiah 12:43b

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1 JOY The JOY of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10b For God had made them rejoice with great JOY: the wives also and the children rejoiced. Nehemiah 12:43b I caused the widow s heart to sing for JOY. Job 29:13b When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for JOY. Job 38:7 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. Psalm 5:11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of JOY; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of JOY; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Psalm 27:6 Weeping may endure for a night, but JOY cometh in the morning. Psalm 30:5b Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for JOY, all ye that are upright in heart. Psalm 32:11 Let them shout for JOY, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Psalm 35:27 I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of JOY and praise. Psalm 42:4b O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding JOY: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. Psalm 43:3,4 Make me to hear JOY and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Psalm 51:8

2 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the JOY of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Psalm 51:11,12 And He brought forth His people with JOY, and His chosen with gladness. Psalm 105:43 They that sow in tears shall reap in JOY. Psalm 126:5 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for JOY. Psalm 132:9 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is JOY. Proverbs 12:20 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have JOY of him. Proverbs 23:24 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and JOY. Ecclesiastes 2:26a For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the JOY of his heart. Ecclesiastes 5:20 Go thy way, eat thy bread with JOY, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Ecclesiastes 9:7 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with JOY shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12:2,3 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their JOY in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 29:18,19 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with JOY and singing. Isaiah 35:1,2a

3 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. Isaiah 51:11 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. Isaiah 55:12 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a JOY of many generations. Isaiah 60:15 For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. Isaiah 65:17,18a Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the JOY and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 And they shall not sorrow anymore at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into JOY, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Jeremiah 31:12b, 13 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will JOY in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places. Habakkuk 3:18-19a The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with JOY; He will rest in His love, He will JOY over thee with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great JOY. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and fell down, and worshipped Him. Matthew 2:10-11a His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the JOY of thy lord. Matthew 25:21

4 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples, that He is risen from the dead, and behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; therefore shall ye see Him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulcher, with fear and great JOY; and did run to bring His disciples word. Matthew 28:5-8 And they departed quickly from the sepulcher, with fear and great JOY; and did run to bring His disciples word. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came, and held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. Matthew 28:8-10 The babe leaped in my womb for JOY. Luke 1:44b And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great JOY, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10,11 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for JOY: for behold, your reward is great in heaven. Luke 6:22, 23a And the seventy returned again with JOY, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. Luke 10:17 I say unto you, That likewise JOY shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Luke 15:7 Likewise, I say unto you, There is JOY in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Luke 15:10

5 And it came to pass, while He blessed them He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great JOY. Luke 24:51,52 John the Baptist said: This my JOY therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:29b-30 These things have I spoken unto you, that my JOY might remain in you, and that your JOY might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 15:11-12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into JOY. John 16:20 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your JOY no man taketh from you. John 16:22 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your JOY may be full. John 16:24 And now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my JOY fulfilled in themselves. John 17:13 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. And there was great JOY in that city. Acts 8:7,8 And the disciples were filled with JOY and with the Holy Ghost. Acts 13:52 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and JOY in the Holy Ghost. Romans 14:17

6 Now the God of hope fill you with all JOY and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13 How that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their JOY, and their deep poverty, abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 2 Corinthians 8:2 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22,23 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with JOY. Philippians 1:2-4 Fulfill ye my JOY, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Philippians 2:2 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my JOY and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. Philippians 4:1 For what is our hope, or JOY, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and JOY. 1 Thessalonians 2:19,20 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the JOY that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 My brethren, count it all JOY when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:2-4 Beloved, think it not strange, concerning the fiery trail which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding JOY. 1 Peter 4:12,13

7 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your JOY may be full. 1 John 1:3,4 I have no greater JOY than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 4 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding JOY, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 24,25