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Preparation for Heavenly Living Correspondence School

PFHL Course 121-- Divine Joy from God for Believers (23 pgs.)
(compiled sorted and formatted by Bill Stevenson, 8/2/94 & 1/19/99)

Directions: Try to figure out why the verses were put where they were and why the underlines. You
might want to copy the verses that really “hit you directly” on 3 x 5 cards. How would you
teach the best 3 verses? My underlining might help. I also used some of the verses that
have “rejoice”, “rejoices”, and “rejoicing” in the MKJV software of E-sword.

Introduction (8/2/94, 1/19/99, & 8/5/03)

There is a prophecy about Christ’s joy in Psalm 45:7-- “Therefore God, Your God, has set You
above Your companions by anointing You with the oil of joy.” Joy is promised by Jesus Christ for all
believers in Him, His love, and His commandments. Jesus Christ spoke of His joy in John 15:10-11 and
17:13 in which He claimed the ability or power to bestow His joy into His believers. Joy is one of the
fruit of the Holy Spirit for believers (Galatians 5:22-23). Jesus Christ’s followers should be joyful
people. It is the best testimony about the wonderfulness of being a Christian: that one is able to be very
positive in a very negative world. So many individuals are usually sad or indifferent; just surviving. If
you would work for someone who is joyful, wouldn’t you probably become joyful? Luke 10:21 tells us
that Jesus was full of joy through the Holy Spirit after seventy-two disciples returned from to witness. If
we have the same joy, we will want to praise God. Jesus Christ did in that verse. No one will be the
same as before after committing his or her whole being to Jesus and knowing Him as personal Savior and
Master.
It is not easy to describe this joy which the Apostle Peter referred to in 1 Peter 1:8 as an
“inexpressible and glorious joy”. It is far more than the happiness which relationships with humans and
animals can give. Certainly there are legitimate pleasures in the world that can be enjoyed more fully
when one has the joy of the Holy Spirit. But the joy of the Holy Spirit is set apart from all the levels of
purely human joy. It is the result of faith in God. Romans 15:13 says, “May the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit”. Divine joy is much better than the best happiness in secular situations/activities. In English, the
word “happiness” is not in the KJV Bible and the twenty-five verses with the word “happy” give no
indication that happiness is from the Godhead. Doesn’t that sound exciting to you? Don’t settle for less
than joy just because you are lonely. God’s best for us is always worth waiting for.
Joy from the Holy Spirit is not dependent on our outward circumstances. Also knowing about the
joy in Heaven should help all Christians to tolerate any kind of persecution. Also, about 2,000 years ago,
Jesus Christ’s hope for future joy in Heaven sustained Him in His painful crucifixion. Hebrews 12:2
says that Jesus “endured the cross for the joy set before Him”. The Apostle Paul recognized this when he
wrote to the Thessalonians: “In spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given
by the Holy Spirit”. Spiritual joy endures even in hardships, because it is developed from within by the
Holy Spirit. In Philippians 4:4, just before he was to be beheaded for teaching Christianity, the Apostle
Paul wrote, “Rejoice in The Lord always, and again I say rejoice.” When I share that tough command, I
add, “In any situation, things could always be worse and there is always something to be thankful for,
right?” So having joy is a matter of choice and proper relationship with God. A famous anagram is
appropriate:
J-- Jesus
O-- Others
Y-- Yourself
{in that order chronologically}

God’s timing is the best and the study I did on the “joy”, “joyful”, and “joyfulness” verses in the
Bible is an excellent example of this. I was not ready for the wonderful conclusion of it for seven
months. God even had me experience a lot of joy with a special woman in that non-Bible study time.
Joy is different than what is usually meant for happiness or good feelings; it is from God and requires
unselfishness by humans. I learned more about joy when I formatted the Scripture in ETRSF (logical
indenting) in 2003. And then in April of 2010, the Holy Spirit helped me find mistakes of sorting and
lacks of proper contexts and even the first three groups were missing. I was embarrassed because this
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was one of the most popular Bible study tools I had shared with many for about 6 years. I also added the
best verses about the rejoicing aspect of joy. (There over 200 verses for me to consider; many of them in
the Old Testament were identical or similar, so I just chose the best rejoice commandments.) The Holy
Spirit had given me eight topic areas for putting the verses and passages in logical order. Read these
bolded category headings first. After you do that, read each of these wonderful Bible verses in the order I
have placed them with the goals of trying to determine why I put each where it is and how a teacher
would teach it. This could easily take several “sittings” to complete, but I guarantee you will be blessed
as much as I was in developing this inductive teaching tool.

***God The Father and Jesus Christ Related***


Proverbs 8:27-36
“When He prepared the heavens, I was there;
when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
when He set the clouds above,
when He made the strong fountains of the deep,
when He gave to the sea its limit that the waters should not pass His command,
when He appointed the foundations of the Earth,
even I was a workman at His side,
and I was daily His delight,
rejoicing always before Him;
rejoicing in the world, His Earth;
and My delight was with the sons (and daughters) of men.
And now listen to Me, O sons (and daughters), for blessed are those who keep My ways.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Blessed is the man (or woman) who hears me,
watching daily at My gates, waiting at the posts of My doors.
For whoever finds Me finds life,
and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.
But he (or she) who sins against Me wrongs his (or her) own soul;
all who hate Me love death.”
Psalms 104:31
“The glory of Jehovah shall endure forever;
Jehovah shall rejoice in His works.”
Deuteronomy 28:58-63
“If you will not observe to do all the words of this Law that are written in this book,
that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH YOUR GOD,
then Jehovah will make your plagues remarkable,
and the plagues of your seed great and persistent plagues;
with evil and long-lasting sicknesses.
Also, He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid.
And they shall cling to you.
Also, every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this Law,
Jehovah will bring them on you until you are destroyed.
And you shall be left few in number,
whereas you were as the stars of the heavens for multitude,
because you would not obey the voice of Jehovah your God.
And it shall be, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you,
so Jehovah will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to nothing.
And you shall be plucked from off the land where you go to possess it.”
Deuteronomy 30:6-11 & 14
“And Jehovah your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed,
to love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
so that you may live.
And Jehovah your God will put all these curses on your enemies,
and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

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And you shall return and obey the voice of Jehovah,
and do all His commandments which I command you today.
And Jehovah your God will make you have plenty in every work of your hand,
in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land, for good.
For Jehovah will again rejoice over you for good,
as He rejoiced over your fathers;
for you shall listen to the voice of Jehovah your God,
to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the Law,
and if you turn to Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
For this commandment which I command you today is not hidden from you,
neither is it far off.”
“But the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart,
so that you may do it.”
Psalms 118:19-24
“Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go into them and I will praise Jehovah.
This is the gate of Jehovah into which the righteous shall enter.
I will praise You; for You have heard me,
and are my salvation.
The Stone which the builders refused has become the Head of the corner.
This is from Jehovah;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day which Jehovah has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Matthew 18:11-13
Jesus said,
“For The Son Of Man has come to save that which was lost.
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays,
does he not leave the ninety and nine and go into the mountains and seek the straying one?
And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you,
he rejoices more over it than over the ninety and nine which did not stray.
Even so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven
that one of these little ones should perish.”

***Related to True Believers in God the Father and Jesus Christ***


1 Samuel 2:1-2
“And Hannah prayed and said, ‘My heart rejoices in Jehovah, my horn is exalted in Jehovah.
My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in Your salvation.
There is none holy as Jehovah, for there is none beside You.
Neither is there any rock like our God.’”
Psalms 9:1-2 & 11-14
“To the Chief Musician. To die for the son. A Psalm of David.
‘I will praise You, O Jehovah, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.’”
‘Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion; declare among the nations His deeds.
For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed;
He forgets not the cry of the humble.
Have mercy on me, O Jehovah;
see my trouble from those who hate me,
You Who lift me up from the gates of death,
so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion;
I will rejoice in Your salvation.”

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Psalms 13:3-6
“Look! Answer me, O Jehovah my God;
enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy say, I have overcome him,
and my foes rejoice when I am shaken.
But I have trusted in Your mercy;
my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
I will sing to Jehovah, because He has rewarded me.”
Psalms 28:6-9
“Blessed is Jehovah, because He has heard the voice of my prayers.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
and with my song I will praise Him.
Jehovah is a strength to them,
and He is the saving strength of His anointed.
Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance;
feed them also, and lift them up forever.”
Psalms 119:111 & 162
“I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart.”
I rejoice at Your Word as one who finds great treasure.”
Luke 19:35-38
“And they brought him to Jesus.
And they threw their garments on the colt.
And they set Jesus on it.
And as He went, they spread their clothes in the way.
And when He had come near, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives,
all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice
for all the mighty works which they had seen,
saying, ‘Blessed is The King coming in the name of The Lord!
Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest!’”
2 Corinthians 1:12-14
“For our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience,
that in simplicity and Godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God,
we have had our conduct in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
For we write no other things to you than what you read or recognize,
and I trust you shall recognize them even to the end,
even as you have recognized us in part,
that we are your rejoicing,
even as you also are ours in the Day of The Lord Jesus.”
2 Corinthians 2:3-4
“And I wrote this to you,
lest when I came I should have sorrow from the ones of whom I ought to rejoice;
having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears,
not that you should be grieved,
but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly to you.”
Romans 5:1-5 & 10-11
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through Him we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice on the hope of the glory of God.
And not only this, but we glory in afflictions also,
knowing that afflictions work out patience,
and patience works out experience, and experience works out hope.

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And hope does not make us ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out
in our hearts through The Holy Spirit given to us.”
“For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son,
much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the reconciliation.”
Romans 12:9-16
“Let love be without hypocrisy, shrinking from evil, cleaving to good;
in brotherly love to one another, loving fervently, having led one another in honor.
As to diligence, not slothful, fervent in spirit, serving The Lord;
rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, steadfastly continuing in prayer,
distributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;
minding the same thing toward one another,
not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly.
Do not be wise within yourselves.”
Philippians 1:14-18
“And most of the brothers in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds,
are much more bold to speak the Word without fear.
Some indeed even preach Christ because of envy and strife,
and some also of good will.
Those, indeed, preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely,
supposing to add affliction to my bonds.
But these others preach in love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the Gospel.
What then?
Nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached.
And I rejoice in this. Yet, also I will rejoice.”
Colossians 2:5-7
“For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit,
rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus The Lord, so walk in Him,
rooted and built up in Him,
and established in the faith, as you have been taught,
abounding in it with thanksgiving.”
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
“For what is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing?
Are you not even to be in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
For you are our glory and joy.”
1 Thessalonians 3:6-10
“But now when Timothy came from you to us and brought us good news of your faith and love,
and that you have good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us (as we also you),
then, my brothers, we were comforted over you, through your faith,
even in all our affliction and needs;
for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
For what thanks can we render to God again for you,
for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
night and day praying exceedingly for me to see your face
and to perfect the things lacking in your faith?”

***Hoping for joy and divine promises***


Isaiah 12:1-6
“And in that day you shall say, O Jehovah, I will praise You;
though You were angry with me, turn away Your anger,
and You shall comfort me.

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Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song;
He also has become my salvation.
With joy you shall draw water from the wells of salvation.”
And in that Day you shall say, ‘Praise Jehovah! Call on His name’;
declare His doings among the people,
make mention that His name is exalted.
Sing to Jehovah for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the Earth.
Cry out and shout, O dweller of Zion, for great is The Holy One of Israel in your midst.”
Isaiah 61:10
“I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul will be joyful in my God,
for He has clothed me with the robes of salvation,
He covered me with the robe of righteousness
like a bridegroom adorns himself with ornaments,
and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
Psalms 85:4-6
“Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your anger toward us to cease.
Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Will You not give us life again, so that Your people may rejoice in You?”
Psalms 90: 13-17
“Return, O Jehovah! How long?
And give pity to Your servants.
Satisfy us early with Your mercy,
so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Make us glad according to the days of our affliction,
the years in which we have seen evil.
Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their sons.
And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be on us;
and establish the work of our hands on us;
yea, the work of our hands, establish it.”
Jeremiah 31:10-13
“Hear the Word of Jehovah, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off.
And say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of the one stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah,
for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd.
And their soul shall be as a watered garden;
and they shall not pine away any more at all.
Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.”
Psalms 126:5-6
“They who sow in tears
shall reap in joy.
He (or she) who goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his (or her) sheaves with him(or her).”
Isaiah 25:8-9
“He will swallow up death in victory;
and The Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from all faces.
And He shall take away from all the Earth the rebuke of His people. For Jehovah has spoken.

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And one shall say in that Day, Lo, this is our God.
We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is Jehovah; we have waited for Him,
we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
Isaiah 35:10
“And the ransomed of the LORD will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
Psalms 149:1-2
“Praise Jehovah! Sing to Jehovah a new song,
His praise in the congregation of saints.
Let Israel rejoice in his Maker;
let the sons and daughters) of Zion be joyful in their King.”
Romans 15:12-13
“And again Isaiah says, ‘There shall be a root of Jesse,
and He who shall rise to reign over the nations,
in Him shall the nations trust.’
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him,
so that you may overflow with hope by the power of The Holy Spirit.”
Proverbs 10:28
“The hope of the righteous is joy,
but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.”
Proverbs 12:20
“There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but joy for those who promote peace.”
Luke 1:13-17
“But the angel said to him, ‘Do not fear, Zacharias.
For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son,
and you shall call his name “John”.
And you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink.
And he shall be filled with The Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
And he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.
And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
to make ready a people prepared for The Lord.’”
John 4:34-38
“Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
Do you not say, “It is yet four months, and the harvest comes?”
Behold, I say to you, “Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white to harvest already.
And he who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to life eternal,
so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.”
And in this is the saying true, “One sows and another reaps.”
I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor.
Other men labored, and you have entered into their labor.’”
John 16:20-24
“‘I [Jesus] tell you [His disciples] the truth,
you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices.
You will grieve,
but your grief will turn to joy.
The woman has grief when she bears, because her hour has come.
But when she brings forth the child, she no longer remembers the anguish,
because of the joy that a man is born into the world.

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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.
And in that day you shall ask Me nothing.
Truly, truly, I say to you,
Whatever you shall ask The Father in My name, He will give you.
Before now you have asked nothing in My name;
ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.’”
Isaiah 65:17-19
“‘For, behold, I create new heavens and a new Earth,
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create,
for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people;
and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.’”

***Sources of joy***
Psalms 65:5-8
“By awesome things in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation; who are the hope of all the ends of the Earth and the sea, of those far away.
The mountains are established by Your strength, banded together with might,
Who stills the noise of the sea, the roar of their waves, and the uproar of the peoples.
And the inhabitants of the furthermost places are afraid of Your signs;
You make the beginning of the morning and the evening rejoice.”
Psalms 105:39-45
“He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
They asked, and He brought quail, and satisfied them with the food of heaven.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
For He remembered His holy word
and promise to Abraham His servant [Genesis 15:14].
And He brought forth His people with joy,
and His chosen with gladness;
and gave them the lands of the nations;
and they inherited the labor of the people,
so that they might take heed to His precepts and keep His laws.
Praise Jehovah!”
Psalms 5:11
“But let all those who put their trust in You rejoice;
let them ever shout for joy,
because You defend them.
Let them also who love Your name be joyful in You.”
Psalms 86:4
“Give joy to your servant,
for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.’”
Psalms 16:11
“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.”
Psalms 43:3-4
“Oh send out Your light and Your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your tabernacles.
Then will I go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy;
yea, on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.”

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Psalms 51:8 & 10-12
“Make me to hear joy and gladness,
that the bones which You have broken may rejoice.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Your presence,
and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Psalms 149:5
“Let the saints be joyful in glory;
let them sing aloud on their beds.”
Isaiah 9:3
“You have multiplied the nation.
You have not increased the joy.
They rejoice before You according to the joy in harvest,
and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.”
Isaiah 23:12
“And He said, ‘You shall rejoice no more, O crushed one, virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to Chittim; also there you shall have no rest.’”
Isaiah 29:18-21
“And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
and the eyes of the blind shall see out of their gloom and darkness.
And the meek shall increase joy in Jehovah,
and the poor among men shall rejoice in The Holy One Of Israel.
For the terrible one is brought to nothing,
and the scorner is destroyed,
and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;
those who make a man guilty by a word,
and lay a trap for the reprover in the gate,
and turn aside the just for a worthless thing.”
Jeremiah 25:8-10
“Therefore so says Jehovah of Hosts, ‘Because you have not heard My Words,
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north’, says Jehovah,
‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant;
and will bring them against this land,
and against its people and against all these nations all around.
And I will completely destroy them,
and make them a waste, and a hissing, and everlasting ruins.
And I will take from them the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride,
the sound of the millstones and the light of the candle.
And this whole land shall be a ruin and a waste.
And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”
Jeremiah 31:10-14
“‘Hear the Word of Jehovah, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off.
And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd keeps his flock.”
For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of the one stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah,
for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd.
And their soul shall be as a watered garden;
and they shall not pine away any more at all.

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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 affliction.
And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness,
and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness’, says Jehovah.”
Jeremiah 32:37-42
“‘Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands where I have driven them in My anger,
and in My fury and in great wrath.
And I will bring them again to this place,
and I will cause them to dwell safely.
And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
And I will give them one heart and one way,
that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for the good of their sons after them.
And I will cut an everlasting covenant with them
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good.
But I will put My fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from Me.
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good,
and I will truly plant them in this land with all My heart and all My whole soul.’
For so says Jehovah: ‘As I have brought all this great evil on this people,
so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.’”
Zephaniah 3:11-20
“In that day you shall not be ashamed for all your doings in which you have transgressed against Me;
for then I will withdraw from your midst those who rejoice in your pride,
and you shall never again be proud in My holy mountain.
I will also leave in your midst a poor and weak people,
and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies,
and a deceitful tongue shall not be found in their mouth;
for they shall feed and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel;
be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Jehovah has turned off your judgments;
He has cast out your enemy.
The king of Israel, Jehovah, is in your midst; you shall not fear evil any more.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem,
‘Fear not! Do not let not your hands droop, Zion.
Jehovah your God is mighty in your midst;
He will save,
He will rejoice over you with joy;
He is silent in His love; He rejoices over you with joyful shout.’
‘I will gather the afflicted ones from the appointed place;
they were from you, a lifting up of reproach over her.
Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you.
And I will save her who is lame, and gather her who was driven out.
And I will give them for a praise and for a name in all the land of their shame.
In that time I will bring you, even in the time that I gather you;
for I will give you for a name and for a praise among all the peoples of the Earth,
when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, says Jehovah.”Lamentations 2:17
“Jehovah has done what He has purposed:
He has fulfilled His Word which He commanded from the days of old.
He has thrown down and not pitied.
And He caused your hater to rejoice over you;
He has set up the horn of your foes.”

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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
“Behold that which I have seen:
It is good and right for one to eat and to drink,
and to see good in all his (or her) labor
that he (or she) labors under the sun
all the days of his (or her) life which God gives him (or her),
for it is his (or her) portion.
Also every man (or woman) to whom God has given riches and wealth,
and has given him power to eat of it and to take his (or her) portion,
and to rejoice in his (or her) labor; this is the gift of God.
For he (or she) shall not much remember the days of his (or her) life,
because God answers him (or her) in the joy of his (or her) heart.”
Psalms 19:7-8
“The Law of Jehovah is perfect, converting the soul;
the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making the simple wise.
The Precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart;
the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes.”
Psalms 40:16
“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You,
and the ones loving your salvation always say, ‘Let Jehovah be magnified.’”
Psalms 105:3-4
“Glory in His holy name;
let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.
Seek Jehovah and His strength;
seek His face evermore.”
Psalms 107:17-22
“Fools are afflicted because of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities.
Their soul hates all kinds of food, and they draw near the gates of death.
Then they cry to Jehovah in their distress,
and He saves them out of their troubles.
He sent His Word and heals them,
and delivers them from their pitfalls.
Let them praise Jehovah
for His goodness,
and for His wonderful works to the sons (and daughters) of man!
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare His works with rejoicing!”
Psalms 71:23-24b
“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
and my soul, which You have redeemed.
My tongue also shall muse on Your righteousness all the day long;”
Proverbs 27:9
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart;
so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.”
Luke 2:8-11
“And in the same country there were shepherds living in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of The Lord came on them, and the glory of The Lord shone around them.
And they were grievously afraid.
But the angel said to them [the shepherds near Bethlehem], ‘Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people.
For to you is born today, in the city of David, a Savior, Who is Christ The Lord.’”
Romans 14:17
“For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,
but of righteousness, peace, and joy in The Holy Spirit.”

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Acts 13:49-52
“And the Word of The Lord was carried throughout all the country.
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief ones of the city,
and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they threw them out of their borders.
But shaking the dust of their feet off on them, they came into Iconium.
And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with The Holy Spirit.”
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law.”
1 Thessalonians 1:6-7
“And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, welcoming the Word in much affliction,
with joy of The Holy Spirit,
so that you were examples to all who believe in Macedonia and Achaia. (See verses 8-10 for how.)
2 Corinthians 7:9-16
“Now I rejoice,
not that you were grieved,
but that you grieved to repentance.
For you were grieved according to God,
so that you might suffer loss by nothing in us.
For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation,
not to be regretted,
but the grief of the world works out death.
For behold this same thing (you being grieved according to God);
how much it worked out earnestness in you;
but also defense; but also indignation; but also fear;
but also desire; but also zeal; but also vengeance!
In everything you approved yourselves to be clear in the matter.
Then, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong,
nor on account of the one who suffered wrong,
but for the sake of revealing our earnestness on your behalf, for you before God.
Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort,
and we rather rejoiced more abundantly over the joy of Titus,
because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
For if I have boasted anything about you to him, I was not ashamed.
But as we spoke all things to you in truth,
even so our boasting as to Titus became truth.
And his tender feelings are more abundant toward you,
remembering the obedience of you all,
as you received him with fear and trembling.
Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.”
Jude 24-25
“To Him Who is able to keep you from falling
and to present you before His glorious presence
without fault
and with great joy,
to the only wise God, our Savior,
be glory and majesty and might and authority,
even now and forever. Amen.”
1 Peter 1:3-6
“Blessed be The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who according to His great mercy has regenerated us again
to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in Heaven for you
by the power of God,

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having been kept through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;
in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little while, if need be, grieving in manifold temptations;

***Commandments requiring joy (many Old Testament duplicates not included)***


Leviticus 23:40
“And you shall take the fruit of majestic trees for yourselves on the first day,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the valley.
And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.”
Deuteronomy 12:5-7 & 12
“But you shall seek to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes
to put His name there, even to His dwelling place you shall seek, and there you shall come.
And there you shall bring
your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, and heave offering of your hand,
and your vows, and your free-will offerings,
and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks.
And there you shall eat before Jehovah your God,
and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to,
you and your households in which Jehovah your God has blessed you.”
“And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God;
you, your sons, your daughters, your menservants, your female servants,
and the Levite that is within your gates (because he has no part nor inheritance with you).”
Deuteronomy 16:10 & 15
“And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to Jehovah your God
with a measure of a free-will offering of your hand,
which you shall give according as Jehovah your God has blessed you.
Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah shall choose.
Because Jehovah your God shall bless you in all your increase and in all the works of your hands,
therefore you shall surely rejoice.”
Deuteronomy 32:43
“Rejoice, O, nations, with His people,
for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will render vengeance to His foes
and will be merciful to His land, to His people.”
1 Chronicles 16:10-13
“Then on that day David first delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brothers
in order to thank Jehovah:
‘Give thanks to Jehovah, call on His name, make known His deeds among the people.
Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him, talk of all His wondrous works.
Glory in His holy name, let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.
Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually.
Remember His marvelous works which He had done, His wonders,
and the judgments of His mouth,
O seed of Israel His servant, sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.”
Hosea 9:1
“O Israel, rejoice not for joy, like the peoples.
For you have gone lusting away from your God;
you have loved a reward on every grain floor.”
1 Chronicles 16:31-36
“Let the heavens be glad,
and let the Earth rejoice.
And let them say among the nations,’ Jehovah reigns.’
Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it.
Let the fields rejoice, and all that is in them.
Then shall the trees of the forest sing out at the presence of Jehovah,
because He comes to judge the Earth.

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O give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good,
for His mercy endures forever.
And say, ‘Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us and deliver us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name, and glory in Your praise.’
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel forever and ever.
And all the people said, ‘Amen, and praised Jehovah.’”
2 Chronicles 20:27
“And they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in front of them,
to go again to Jerusalem with joy.
For Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.”
Nehemiah 12:43
“And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced.
For God had made them rejoice with great joy.
And the wives and the sons rejoiced,
so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.”
Joel 2:18-23
“Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and pity His people.
Yes, Jehovah will answer and say to His people,
‘Behold, I will send you grain, wine, and oil,
and you shall be satisfied with it.
And I will no more make you a curse among the nations.
But I will remove the northern army far from you,
and will drive him into a barren and deserted land,
with his face toward the eastern sea and his rear toward the western sea.
And his stench shall come up, and his ill odor shall come up,
because he was doing monstrous things.’
Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice.
For Jehovah will do great things.
Do not be afraid, beasts of the field;
for the pastures of the wilderness grow green;
for the tree bears its fruit,
and the fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
Be glad then, sons (and daughters) of Zion,
and rejoice in Jehovah your God.
For He has given you the former rain according to righteousness,
and He will cause the rain to come down for you,
the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.
And the floors shall be full of wheat,
and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.”
‘And I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten,
the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm,
My great army which I sent among you.
And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied,
and praise the name of Jehovah your God,
Who has dealt with you wonderfully;
and My people shall never be ashamed.’”
Isaiah 49:13
God the Father said,
“Sing, O heavens;
and be joyful, O Earth;
and break out into singing, O mountains
for The LORD has comforted His people,
and will have mercy on His afflicted.”

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Psalms 2:10-12
“And now be wise, O kings;
be instructed, O judges of the Earth.
Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss The Son, lest He be angry,
and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled in but a little time.
Blessed are all who put their trust in Him.”
Psalms 32:11
“Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, you righteous;
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.”
Psalms 33:1
“Rejoice in Jehovah, O righteous ones;
praise is becoming for the upright.”
Proverbs 5:18-19
“Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Like the loving deer and pleasant doe,
let her breasts satisfy you at all times,
and be ravished always with her love.”
Proverbs 24:17-20
“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and do not let your heart be glad when he (or she) stumbles;”
lest Jehovah see, and it displease Him,
and He turn away His wrath from him.
Do not fret yourself because of evil ones,
nor be jealous of the wicked;
for there shall not be a hereafter to the evil;
the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”
Isaiah 66:10-14
“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all who love her.
Rejoice for joy with her all who mourn for her,
that you may suck and be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
that you may milk out and be delighted with the fullness of her glory.
For so says Jehovah,
‘Behold, I will hold out peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream.
Then you will suck,
you will be carried on her sides and be dandled upon her knees.
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;
and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.’
And you see this, your heart will rejoice,
and your bones will flourish like the grass.
And the hand of Jehovah will be known toward His servants,
and His fury toward His enemies.”
Zechariah 9:9
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem;
behold, your King comes to you.
He is righteous and victorious, meek and riding on an ass, even on a colt, the son of an ass.”
Psalms 98:1-4
“A Psalm.
O sing to Jehovah a new song, for He has done marvelous things;
His right hand and His holy arm have saved for Him.
Jehovah has made known His salvation;
His righteousness He has unveiled to the eyes of the nations.
He has remembered His mercy and His truth toward the house of Israel;
all the ends of the Earth have seen the salvation of Jehovah.

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Make a joyful noise to Jehovah,
all the Earth; breakout, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Psalms 100
“A Psalm of praise.
Make a joyful noise to Jehovah, all you lands.
Worship Jehovah with gladness;
come before His presence with singing.
Know that Jehovah, He is God.
He has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise;
be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
For Jehovah is good;
His mercy is everlasting;
and His truth endures to all generations.”
Matthew 5:10-14
Jesus said,
“Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake!
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you,
and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for My sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven is great.
For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
You are the salt of the Earth,
but if the salt loses its savor, with what shall it be salted?
It is no longer good for anything,
but to be thrown out and to be trodden underfoot by men.
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Luke 6:22-23
Jesus said,
“Blessed are you when men shall hate you,
and when they shall cut you off,
and when they shall reproach you and shall cast out your name as evil,
for the sake of the Son of Man.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy.
For behold, your reward is great in Heaven.
For so their fathers did according to these things to the prophets.”
Read Acts 5:38-42 & 16:19-25 before going on.

James 1:2-4
“My brothers [and sisters], count it all joy,
whenever you face trials of many kinds,
knowing this: that the trying of your faith works patience.
But let patience have her perfect work,
that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
1 Peter 4:12-13
“Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you,
as though a strange thing happened to you,
but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering,
so that when His glory shall be revealed,
you may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
Romans 15:8-11
“And I say, Jesus Christ has become a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God,
to confirm the promises made to the fathers,
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as it is written, ‘For this cause I will confess to You in the nations,
and I will praise Your name.’ (2 Samuel 22:50 & Psalms 18:49)
And again He says, ‘Rejoice, O nations, with His people.’ (Deuteronomy 32:43)
And again, ‘Praise The LORD, all the nations, and praise Him, all the peoples.’”
(Psalm 117:1)
1 Corinthians 12:24-26
“For our presentable members have no need, but God tempered the body together,
giving more abundant honor to the member having need;
that there not be division in the body,
but that the members should have the same care for one another.
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it;
if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.”
2 Corinthians 13:11
“Finally, brothers (and sisters), rejoice.
Perfect yourselves;
encourage yourselves;
mind the same thing;
be at peace.
And the God of love and peace will be with you.”
Philippians 3:1-3
“Finally, my brothers (and sisters), rejoice in the Lord.
To write the same things to you is indeed not grievous to me, but for you it is safe.
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision party.
For we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus
and have no confidence in the flesh;”
Philippians 4:4
“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice!”
1 Thessalonians 5:14-18
“Now we exhort you, brothers (and sisters),
warn those who are unruly,
comfort the faint-hearted,
support the weak,
be patient toward all.
See that none gives evil for evil to anyone,
but always pursue the good,
both towards one another and towards all.
Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
In everything give thanks,
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Hebrews 3:6
“But Christ was faithful as a son over his own house;
Whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.”
Revelation 19:7-8
“Let us be glad and rejoice and we will give glory to Him.
For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white.
For the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.”

***Joy is a result of obedience to God and His commandments for believers***


Act 8:35-40
“Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same Scripture and preached the Gospel of Jesus to him.
And as they passed along the way, they came on some water.
And the eunuch said, ‘See, here is water, what hinders me from being baptized?’
Philip said, ‘If you believe with all your heart, it is lawful.’
And he answered and said, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is The Son Of God.’

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And he commanded the chariot to stand still.
And they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch.
And he baptized him.
And when they had come up out of the water,
The Spirit Of The Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more.
And he went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip was found at Azotus.
And passing through, he preached the Gospel in all the cities
until he came to Caesarea.”
Psalms 5:11-12
“But let all who put their trust in You rejoice;
let them always shout for joy, because You defend them.
And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.
For You, O Jehovah, will bless the righteous;
with favor You will surround him (or her) as with a shield.”
Psalms 118:14-15
“Jehovah is my strength and song, and He is my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
the right hand of Jehovah does mighty things.”
Psalms 119:111
“Your [God’s] statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.”
Jeremiah 15:16
“When Your words came, I ate them;
they were to me the joy and gladness of my heart,
for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, The God of Hosts.”
Psalms 70:4
“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
and let those who love Your salvation say without ending, ‘Let God be magnified.’”
Psalms 68:1-3
“To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.
Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; also let those who hate Him flee before Him.
As smoke is driven away, You drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God.
Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.”
Proverbs 15: 28-30
“The heart of the righteous studies to answer,
but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Jehovah is far from the wicked,
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart;
a good report makes the bones fat (or ‘refreshes the body’.”
Proverbs 23:15-19 & 24-35
“My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my heart shall rejoice when your lips speak right things.
Do not let your heart envy sinners;
but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day long.
For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope shall not be cut off.
My son, hear and be wise,
and guide your heart in The Way.”
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice;
and he who fathers a wise child shall have joy from him (or her).
Your father and your mother shall be glad,
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Proverbs 31:25-28
“Strength and honor are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She opens her mouth with wisdom;
and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looks well to the ways of her household,
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her sons rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her.”
Proverbs 28:12
“When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory;
but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.”
Proverbs 29:2-3 & 6
“When the righteous increase,
the people rejoice;
but when the wicked rule,
the people mourn.
Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father;
but a companion of harlots wastes wealth.”
“In the sin of an evil man there is a snare;
but the righteous sings and rejoices.”
John 3:26-30
“And they came to John and said to him,
‘Rabbi, He who was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore witness,
behold, He baptizes and all come to Him!’
And John answered and said, ‘A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from Heaven.
You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, “I am not the Christ”,
but that “I am sent before Him.”
He who has the bride is the bridegroom,
but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him
rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.
Then my joy is fulfilled.
He must increase, but I must decrease.’”
Luke 8:13
“Those on the rock are the ones
who receive the Word with joy when they hear it,
but they have no root.
They believe for a while,
but in the time of testing they fall away.”
3 John 3-4
“It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about
your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
Matthew 25:13-26
Jesus Christ said,
“Therefore watch,
for you do not know either the day or the hour in which The Son Of Man comes.
For it is as if a man going abroad called his own servants and gave them his goods.
And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one;
to each according to his ability.
And he went abroad at once.
And going he who had received the five talents traded with them,
and made another five talents.
And likewise he who had received two, he also gained another two.
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After a long time the lord of those servants came and took account with them.
And so he who had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying,
‘Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I have gained five talents above them.’
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!
You have been faithful over a few things;
I will make you ruler over many things.
Enter into the joy of your lord.’
He also who had received two talents came and said,
‘Lord, you delivered two talents to me.
Behold, I have gained two other talents above them.’
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!
You have been faithful over a few things,
I will make you ruler over many things.
Enter into the joy of your lord.’
And he who had received the one talent came and said,
‘Lord, I knew that you were a hard man,
reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
And I was afraid and went and hid your talent in the earth. Lo, you have yours.’
His lord answered and said to him, ‘Evil and slothful servant!’”
Luke 10:1-3 & 17
“And after these things the Lord appointed seventy others,
and He ordered them two and two before His face
into every city and place where He was about to come.
Then He said to them, ‘The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray to The Lord of the harvest
that He may send forth laborers into His harvest.
Go! Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.’”
“The seventy-two returned with joy and said,
‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.’”
Matthew 28:5-8
“And the angel answered and said to the women, ‘Do not fear, for I know that you seek Jesus who was
crucified.’
He is not here, for He has risen, as He said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead.
And, behold, He goes before you into Galilee.
There you shall see Him. Lo, I have told you.’
And they quickly departed from the tomb with fear and great joy,
and ran to bring His disciples word.”
John 15:10-11
Jesus said,
“If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love,
even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you
and your joy might be full.”
1 John 1:4-7
“And we write these things to you
so that your joy may be full.
And this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you,
that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness,
we lie and do not practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

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Philippians 2:12-18
“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
cultivate your own salvation with fear and trembling.
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings,
so that you may be blameless and harmless, the children of God,
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation.
Among these you shine as lights in the world,
holding forth the Word of Life,
so that I may rejoice with you in the Day of Christ,
that I have not run in vain nor labored in vain.
Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith,
I joy and rejoice with you all.
And you also rejoice in the same, and rejoice with me.”

***A joyful attitude commitment***


Job 6:10
“And it is yet my comfort;
yea, I would rejoice in pain, though He did not spare me,
for I have not hidden the words of The Holy One.”
Ecclesiastes 3:10-12
“I have seen the task which God has given to the sons (and daughters) of men to be humbled by it.
He has made everything beautiful in His time;
also He has set eternity in their heart,
so that no man (or woman) can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.
I know that there is no good in them,
but to rejoice and to do good in his (or her) life.”
Psalms 33:18-22
“Behold, the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him,
on those who hope in His mercy;
to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for Jehovah;
He is our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
because we trust in His holy name.
Let Your mercy, O Jehovah, be on us, according as we hope in You.”
Psalms 35:9
“And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah;
it shall rejoice in His salvation.”
Psalms 86:11-12
“Teach me Your way, O Jehovah;
I will walk in Your truth;
my heart rejoices to fear Your name.
I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forevermore.”
Psalms 89:15-17
“Blessed is the people who knows the joyful sound;
they shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your face.
In Your name they shall rejoice all the day;
and in Your righteousness they shall be lifted up.
For You are the glory of their strength;
and in Your favor our horn shall be lifted up.”

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Psalms 97:10-12
“You who love Jehovah, hate evil;
He keeps the souls of His saints;
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Light is shed upon the righteous
and joy for the upright in heart.
Rejoice in Jehovah, righteous ones;
and give thanks at the memory of His holiness.”
Proverbs 13:9
“The light of the righteous rejoices,
but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”
Proverbs 15:23
“A man (or woman) finds joy in giving an apt reply
and how good is a timely word!”
Proverbs 21:15
“It is joy to the just to do judgment,
but ruin shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
Habakkuk 3:12-19
“You march into the land in fury;
You thresh nations in anger.
You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your anointed.
You struck the head from the house of the wicked, to bare the foundation to the neck. Selah.
You pierced the head of his warriors with his shafts;
they storm out to scatter me;
their rejoicing is to devour the meek in a secret place.
You trod in the sea with Your horses, the foaming of many waters.
When I heard and my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice.
Rottenness entered into my bones,
and I trembled in myself that I might rest in the Day of Trouble,
for the coming up of the people who invades us.
Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines;
the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food.
The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls;
yet I will rejoice in Jehovah,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Jehovah the Lord is my strength,
and He will make my feet like hinds' feet,
and He will make me to walk on my high places.
To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.”
Habakkuk 3:16-19a
“I heard and my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice.
Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself that I might rest in the day of trouble;
to come up against the people; he cuts him off.
Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines;
the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food.
The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls;
yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Jehovah the Lord is my strength,
and He will make my feet like hinds' feet,
and He will make me to walk on my high places.”
Isaiah 64:5a
“You meet him (or her) who rejoices and works righteousness,
those who remember You in Your ways.”

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2 Corinthians 6:6-10
“in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness,
in The Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
in the Word of Truth, in the power of God,
through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
through glory and dishonor,
through evil report and good report; as deceivers and yet true;
as unknown and yet well known;
as dying and, behold, we live;
as chastened and not killed;
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.”
Hebrews 12:1-4
“Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us,
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith,
Who for the joy that was set before (in the future) Him
endured the cross, despising the shame,
and sat down at the right of the throne of God.
For consider Him Who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself,
lest you become weary and faint in your minds.
You have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin.”
Philippians 1:1-6
“Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ,
to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
Grace to 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 making my request for you all with joy
for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now;
being confident of this very thing,
that He Who has begun a good work in you will perform it
until the Day of Jesus Christ,”
Romans 15:30-33
“But I exhort you, brothers (and sisters),
for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ and for the love of The Spirit,
that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
that I may be delivered from those disbelieving in Judea,
and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted by the saints;
so that I may come to you with joy by the will of God,
and may be refreshed with you.
Now may the God of peace be with you all. Amen.”
1 Peter 1:7-9
“so that the trial of your faith
(being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire)
might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing,
but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy,
and having been glorified,
obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

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