Quotes about Joy
Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
- 1 Chronicles 16:31
Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
- 1 Chronicles 16:32
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 16:33
That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- 1 Chronicles 29:22
Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 20:27
All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
- 2 Chronicles 24:10
The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21
The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23
So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:26
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
- Ezra 3:12
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
- Ezra 6:16
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
- Ezra 6:22