-
Psalms 28:7-8
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I praise Him with my song.The Lord is the strength of His people; He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
-
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
-
Psalms 149:2
Let Israel celebrate its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
-
2 Corinthians 12 8-2 Corinthians 12 9
Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.But He said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
-
Isaiah 12:1-3
On that day you will say:“ I will praise You, Lord, although You were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and You have had compassion on me.Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust Him and not be afraid, for Yah, the Lord, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”You will joyfully draw water from the springs of salvation,
-
Esther 9:19
This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.
-
2 Corinthians 8 2
During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.
-
Esther 9:22
because during those days the Jews got rid of their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday. They were to be days of feasting, rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and the poor.
-
Isaiah 35:1-4
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.It will blossom abundantly and will also rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees!Say to the cowardly:“ Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”
-
Deuteronomy 26:11-13
You, the Levite, and the foreign resident among you will rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given you and your household.“ When you have finished paying all the tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tenth, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.Then you will say in the presence of the Lord your God: I have taken the consecrated portion out of my house; I have also given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commands You gave me. I have not violated or forgotten Your commands.
-
Isaiah 61:10
I greatly rejoice in the Lord, I exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
-
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
-
Isaiah 6:7-8
He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed and your sin is atoned for.Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who should I send? Who will go for Us? I said: Here I am. Send me.
-
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
-
Ecclesiastes 3:13
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
-
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
-
Song of Solomon 5 1
M I have come to my garden— my sister, my bride. I gather my myrrh with my spices. I eat my honeycomb with my honey. I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, be intoxicated with love!
-
1 Timothy 6 17-1 Timothy 6 18
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,
-
Job 31:16-18
If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it—for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow—
-
Joel 2:23
Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the Lord your God, because He gives you the autumn rain for your vindication. He sends showers for you, both autumn and spring rain as before.
-
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
-
Philippians 3:4
although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
-
Luke 11:41
But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.
-
Revelation 11:10
Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth.