Scripture Folios
Joy in His Presence
Nehemiah 8:10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Chapter Related Psalm 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand. Chapter Related Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord , my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Chapter Related Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.” Chapter Related Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. Chapter Related Luke 15:10 “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.” Chapter Related
Good News of Great Joy
Luke 2:10–11 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!” Chapter Related Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. Chapter Related John 15:11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. Chapter Related John 17:13 But 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. Chapter Related Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Chapter Related Romans 15:13 Now 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. Chapter Related
Grief Will Turn to Joy
Psalm 30:5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning. Chapter Related Psalm 126:5–6 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. Chapter Related Jeremiah 31:13 Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. Chapter Related John 16:20–22 Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. Chapter Related
Sorrowful, Yet Always Rejoicing
Habakkuk 3:17–18 Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will exult in the Lord ; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! Chapter Related Matthew 5:11–12 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. Chapter Related Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Chapter Related Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Chapter Related Romans 5:3–4 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. Chapter Related 2 Corinthians 6:10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. Chapter Related Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Chapter Related 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 Rejoice at all times. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Chapter Related James 1:2–3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Chapter Related 1 Peter 1:8–9 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Chapter Related
Everlasting Joy
Matthew 25:21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’ Chapter Related Isaiah 35:10 So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. Chapter Related Jude 1:24–25 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen. Chapter Related
Nehemiah tells a crowd in tears to stop grieving, go and eat, and send portions to those who have nothing, “for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” The joy is God’s before it is ours. He will rejoice over you with singing, as a bridegroom over his bride, and there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents. It reaches us as “good news of great joy,” and as a find: a man comes on treasure in a field and “in his joy” sells all he has. The joy comes first, the selling after. On the night before he died, Jesus told his friends he was saying these things “so that My joy may be in you.” He did not promise to spare them grief. He said their grief would turn to joy, like a mother who forgets her anguish once the child is born, and that no one would take it away. So this joy keeps company with hardship. Habakkuk rejoices in God though the fig tree does not bud, the apostles leave the council rejoicing, Paul and Silas sing hymns at midnight in prison, and Paul calls himself “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.” At the end the redeemed enter Zion crowned with everlasting joy, and the servant hears, “Enter into the joy of your master!”