100 Bible Verses about Joy (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about joy, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Romans 15:13 KJV

¹³Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

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Romans 12:12 KJV

¹²Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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Philippians 4:4 KJV

⁴Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

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James 1:2 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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Psalm 16:11 KJV

¹¹Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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John 16:24 KJV

²⁴Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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Galatians 5:22 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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John 16:22 KJV

²²And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

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Romans 14:17 KJV

¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

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John 15:11 KJV

¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

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Psalm 118:24 KJV

²⁴This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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Psalm 30:5 KJV

⁵For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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1 Peter 1:8 KJV

⁸Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

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Nehemiah 8:10 KJV

¹⁰Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

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1 Peter 1:8-9 KJV

⁸Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: ⁹Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

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James 1:2-4 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; ³Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. ⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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Psalm 4:7 KJV

⁷Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

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Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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Romans 12:15 KJV

¹⁵Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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Proverbs 10:28 KJV

²⁸The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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Psalm 5:11 KJV

¹¹But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

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Psalm 71:23 KJV

²³My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

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Luke 15:10 KJV

¹⁰Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

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James 1:2-3 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; ³Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

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Zephaniah 3:17 KJV

¹⁷The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Hebrews 12:2 KJV

²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Psalm 94:19 KJV

¹⁹In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

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Ecclesiastes 9:7 KJV

⁷Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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Psalm 16:9 KJV

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

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1 Thessalonians 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Rejoice evermore.

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1 Chronicles 16:27 KJV

²⁷Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.

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Luke 15:7 KJV

⁷I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

¹⁶Rejoice evermore. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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Psalm 32:11 KJV

¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

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Psalm 27:6 KJV

⁶And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

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Proverbs 15:23 KJV

²³A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

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Isaiah 55:12 KJV

¹²For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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Isaiah 61:10 KJV

¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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Psalm 126:5 KJV

⁵They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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2 John 1:12 KJV

¹²Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

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Psalm 28:7 KJV

⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

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Psalm 119:111 KJV

¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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Psalm 30:11 KJV

¹¹Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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Psalm 51:12 KJV

¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

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Psalm 19:8 KJV

⁸The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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2 Corinthians 7:4 KJV

⁴Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

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1 Peter 4:13 KJV

¹³But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

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Romans 15:32 KJV

³²That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

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1 Thessalonians 1:6 KJV

⁶And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.

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Habakkuk 3:17-18 KJV

¹⁷Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: ¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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1 John 1:4 KJV

⁴And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

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Proverbs 23:24 KJV

²⁴The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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Psalm 33:21 KJV

²¹For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

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Psalm 47:1 KJV

¹O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

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2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV

¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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Jeremiah 15:16 KJV

¹⁶Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

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Psalm 100:1 KJV

¹Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

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Philemon 1:7 KJV

⁷For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

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Isaiah 35:10 KJV

¹⁰And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Isaiah 9:3 KJV

³Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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1 Thessalonians 2:20 KJV

²⁰For ye are our glory and joy.

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Esther 8:17 KJV

¹⁷And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

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John 17:13 KJV

¹³And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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Psalm 119:14 KJV

¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

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Isaiah 12:6 KJV

⁶Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

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3 John 1:4 KJV

⁴I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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Colossians 1:11 KJV

¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

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Luke 2:10 KJV

¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

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1 Kings 8:66 KJV

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.

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Matthew 25:21 KJV

²¹His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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Psalm 97:11 KJV

¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

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2 Corinthians 6:10 KJV

¹⁰As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

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Acts 2:28 KJV

²⁸Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

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Philippians 2:1-2 KJV

¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, ²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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Nehemiah 12:43 KJV

⁴³Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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Ecclesiastes 2:26 KJV

²⁶For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Psalm 37:4 KJV

⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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Psalm 51:8 KJV

⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

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1 Thessalonians 3:9 KJV

⁹For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

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Luke 1:47 KJV

⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

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Acts 13:52 KJV

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

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Ezra 6:22 KJV

²²And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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1 Timothy 6:17 KJV

¹⁷Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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Matthew 2:10 KJV

¹⁰When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

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Romans 5:11 KJV

¹¹And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

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1 Samuel 18:6 KJV

⁶And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Psalm 126:2-3 KJV

²Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. ³The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

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Psalm 149:4 KJV

⁴For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

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Psalm 70:4 KJV

⁴Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

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Psalm 21:6 KJV

⁶For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

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Psalm 9:2 KJV

²I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

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Isaiah 12:3 KJV

³Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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2 Corinthians 8:1-2 KJV

¹Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; ²How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

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