KJV King James Version
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 100:2
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
WEB World English Bible
Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
ASV American Standard Version
Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.
Surrounding context — Psalm 100
1 A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.
5 For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
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Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.Psalm 95:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.Psalm 71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.Deuteronomy 28:47Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];Acts 2:46-47And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,2 Chronicles 20:27-28Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.Psalm 42:4When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.Psalm 107:21-22Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!Deuteronomy 12:12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.Deuteronomy 16:11And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.Deuteronomy 16:14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.1 Kings 8:66On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.Psalm 63:4-5Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
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