ii corinthians 9:15 niv

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

romans 8:26 esv

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

i corinthians 2:13 nlt

When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.

i peter 1:8 nas

...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,

nehemiah 8:10 niv

Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

hebrews 6:19 niv

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain...

hebrews 12:7 niv

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

hebrews 12:11 niv

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

psalm 126:5-6 niv

Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

psalm 30:5 niv

For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

james 1:2-4 nas

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

hebrews 12:1-2 niv

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

john 17:13-19 niv

I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of My joy within them. I have given them Your Word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

i peter 1:22 niv

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

romans 6:4 niv

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

job 33:23-28 niv

Yet if there is an angel at their side, a {mediator} one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright, and he is gracious to that person and says to God, ‘Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them— let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’— then that person can pray to God and find favor with Him, they will see God’s face and shout for joy; He will restore them to full well-being. And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved. God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’

i thessalonians 2:19-20 niv

For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when He comes? Is it not you? Indeed, you are our glory and joy.

philippians 4:1 esv

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

isaiah 65:18 niv

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.

matthew 25:21 csb

"His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’

ii corinthians 7:3-4 niv

I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you. I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.

john 3:29-30 niv

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.

philippians 2:2 niv

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

ii corinthians 7:7, 13, 15-16 nas

and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more.

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.

His affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. I rejoice that in everything I have confidence in you.

iii john 3-4 niv

It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

i thessalonians 3:9 niv

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?

galatians 4:15 nlt

Where is that joyful and grateful spirit you felt then? I am sure you would have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.

psalm 16:11 niv

You make known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

acts 13:52 csb

And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

galatians 5:22 niv

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control..

psalm 4:6-7 csb

Many are asking, "Who can show us anything good?" Let the light of Your face shine on us, LORD. You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

ecclesiastes 2:25 esv

for apart from {God} who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

john 16:16, 22 niv

Jesus went on to say, "In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me."

So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

acts 2:28 niv

You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

matthew 9:15 niv

Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

isaiah 12:2-3 niv

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD Himself, is my strength and my defense; He has become my salvation." With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

psalm 119:176 niv

I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commands.

isaiah 53:6 niv

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

hebrews 3:10 niv

That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

ii chronicles 15:2 niv

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

matthew 14:30 niv

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"

i timothy 6:10 niv

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

i peter 2:25 niv

For "you were like sheep going astray," but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

john 15:9-14 niv

As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Now remain in My love. If you keep My commands, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love. I have told you this so that My joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are My friends if you do what I command.

habakkuk 3:17-19 niv

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

psalm 16:2-3 esv

I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You." As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

song of songs 5:16 csb

His mouth is sweetness. He is absolutely desirable. This is my love, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.