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Isaiah 26:15
O Lord, you have made our nation great; yes, you have made us great. You have extended our borders, and we give you the glory!
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1 Samuel 30 16
So he led David to them, and they found the Amalekites spread out across the fields, eating and drinking and dancing with joy because of the vast amount of plunder they had taken from the Philistines and the land of Judah.
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Isaiah 65:18
Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy.
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Psalms 119:162
I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.
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Isaiah 66:10
“ Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her.
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Isaiah 35:10
Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.
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Psalms 4:7
You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine.
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Psalms 107:38
How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase.
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Isaiah 54:1
“ Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the Lord.
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Isaiah 61:7
Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
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Judges 5:3
“ Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 20 25-2 Chronicles 20 28
King Jehoshaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. They found vast amounts of equipment, clothing, and other valuables— more than they could carry. There was so much plunder that it took them three days just to collect it all!On the fourth day they gathered in the Valley of Blessing, which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the Lord there. It is still called the Valley of Blessing today.Then all the men returned to Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat leading them, overjoyed that the Lord had given them victory over their enemies.They marched into Jerusalem to the music of harps, lyres, and trumpets, and they proceeded to the Temple of the Lord.
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Isaiah 16:9-10
So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah; my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh. There are no more shouts of joy over your summer fruits and harvest.Gone now is the gladness, gone the joy of harvest. There will be no singing in the vineyards, no more happy shouts, no treading of grapes in the winepresses. I have ended all their harvest joys.
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Isaiah 61:10
I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.
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Isaiah 35:2
Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon. There the Lord will display his glory, the splendor of our God.
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Philippians 4:4
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again— rejoice!
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Zechariah 2:11
Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.
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Zechariah 10:8
When I whistle to them, they will come running, for I have redeemed them. From the few who are left, they will grow as numerous as they were before.
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Zechariah 8:23
“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say,‘ Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
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Nehemiah 9:23
You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them into the land you had promised to their ancestors.
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Luke 11:22
until someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings.
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Isaiah 49:20-22
The generations born in exile will return and say,‘ We need more room! It’s crowded here!’Then you will think to yourself,‘ Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my children were killed, and the rest were carried away into exile. I was left here all alone. Where did all these people come from? Who bore these children? Who raised them for me?’”This is what the Sovereign Lord says:“ See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms; they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.
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Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will sing:“ I will praise you, O Lord! You were angry with me, but not anymore. Now you comfort me.
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1 Peter 1 8
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.
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Acts 8:8
So there was great joy in that city.
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Jeremiah 31:12-14
They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem. They will be radiant because of the Lord’s good gifts— the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the healthy flocks and herds. Their life will be like a watered garden, and all their sorrows will be gone.The young women will dance for joy, and the men— old and young— will join in the celebration. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.The priests will enjoy abundance, and my people will feast on my good gifts. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy.They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
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Jeremiah 31:7
Now this is what the Lord says:“ Sing with joy for Israel. Shout for the greatest of nations! Shout out with praise and joy:‘ Save your people, O Lord, the remnant of Israel!’
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Isaiah 55:12
You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
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Isaiah 25:9
In that day the people will proclaim,“ This is our God! We trusted in him, and he saved us! This is the Lord, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
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Hosea 4:7
The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols.