Isaiah 66:5   (Read all of Isaiah 66)

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: "Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, 'Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame.

Jeremiah 7:34   (Read all of Jeremiah 7)

I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.

Jeremiah 15:16   (Read all of Jeremiah 15)

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.

Jeremiah 16:9   (Read all of Jeremiah 16)

For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

Jeremiah 25:10   (Read all of Jeremiah 25)

I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

Jeremiah 31:4   (Read all of Jeremiah 31)

I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.

Jeremiah 31:7   (Read all of Jeremiah 31)

This is what the Lord says: "Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard, and say, 'Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'

Jeremiah 31:12   (Read all of Jeremiah 31)

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord- the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.

Jeremiah 31:13   (Read all of Jeremiah 31)

Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

Jeremiah 33:9   (Read all of Jeremiah 33)

Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.'

Jeremiah 33:11   (Read all of Jeremiah 33)

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, "Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:33   (Read all of Jeremiah 48)

Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy.

Jeremiah 51:48   (Read all of Jeremiah 51)

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for out of the north destroyers will attack her," declares the Lord.

Lamentations 2:15   (Read all of Lamentations 2)

All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?"

Lamentations 5:15   (Read all of Lamentations 5)

Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Ezekiel 7:7   (Read all of Ezekiel 7)

Doom has come upon you, upon you who dwell in the land. The time has come! The day is near! There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.

Ezekiel 24:25   (Read all of Ezekiel 24)

"And you, son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes, their heart's desire, and their sons and daughters as well-

Joel 1:12   (Read all of Joel 1)

The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree- all the trees of the field-are dried up. Surely the people's joy is withered away.

Joel 1:16   (Read all of Joel 1)

Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes- joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Habakkuk 3:18   (Read all of Habakkuk 3)

yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Zechariah 8:19   (Read all of Zechariah 8)

This is what the Lord Almighty says: "The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace."

Zechariah 10:7   (Read all of Zechariah 10)

The Ephraimites will become like warriors, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.

Matthew 13:20   (Read all of Matthew 13)

The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Matthew 13:44   (Read all of Matthew 13)

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.