Bible Verses About Joy
Joy in the Bible is a fruit of the Spirit, rooted in God’s presence rather than in circumstances, so it can sit alongside tears and trials. These verses call God’s people to rejoice and show where lasting joy is found.
16 verses about joy (KJV)
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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.
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
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.
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.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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.
Guided journeys on joy
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
Fruit of the Spirit
7 days growing in the life of the Spirit
- Day 1: Walk by the Spirit — Galatians 5:16-26“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are…”
- Day 2: Abide in the vine — John 15:1-8“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may…”
- Day 3: Love is patient and kind — 1 Corinthians 13:4-8“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily…”
- Day 4: Joy when the fig tree fails — Habakkuk 3:17-19“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off…”
- Day 5: Let peace rule — Colossians 3:12-15“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one…”
- Day 6: Kindness and goodness — Luke 6:31-36“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if…”
- Day 7: Growing fruit that lasts — 2 Peter 1:5-8“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).