TOPICAL BIBLE
Joy
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Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.Luke 6:23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.Luke 10:17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”Luke 10:20Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”Luke 15:6comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’Luke 15:7I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.Luke 15:8Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”Luke 15:11Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.Luke 15:12The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.Luke 15:14After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.Luke 15:15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.Luke 15:16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.Luke 15:17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Luke 15:19I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.Luke 15:21The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.Luke 15:25Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.Luke 15:26So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.Luke 15:27‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’Luke 15:28The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’Luke 15:31‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”Luke 24:41While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”Luke 24:52And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,Luke 24:53praising God continually in the temple.John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.John 16:22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”John 17:13But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,Acts 2:47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Acts 3:8He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.Acts 8:8So there was great joy in that city.Acts 8:39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.Acts 11:18When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”Acts 11:22When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.Acts 12:14When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”Acts 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.Acts 16:34Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.Acts 20:22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.Romans 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.Romans 5:11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.Romans 15:32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.