JOY Psalm 30:11-12

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

You turned my wailing 

Esther 4:1  When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

into dancing 

Exodus 15:20  Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

you removed my sackcloth

2 Samuel 3:31  Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner." King David himself walked behind the bier. 

Psalm 35:13a  Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting.

and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent 

John 15:11  "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."

John 16:24  "Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."

Philippians 4:4  Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

LORD my God, I will praise you 

Psalm 35:18  I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among the throngs I will praise you.

Psalm 75:1  We praise you, God, we praise you for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds.

Psalm 118:21  I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.

Revelation 11:17  ... saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign."

forever 

Psalm 44:8  In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.

Psalm 52:9  For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.

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JOY Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

The LORD is my strength and my shield 

Psalm 18:1  I love you, LORD, my strength

my heart trusts in him, and he helps me 

Psalm 13:5  But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 112:7  They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

Isaiah 26:3  You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

My heart leaps for joy 

Deuteronomy 16:15  For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

Psalm 16:9  Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, ...

and with my song I praise him 

Psalm 33:3  Sing to him a new song; play skillfully and shout for joy.

Psalm 40:3  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.

Psalm 69:30  I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 144:9  I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, ...

Psalm 149:1  Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

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JOY Psalm 27:6

Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

Then my head will be exalted 

2 Samuel 22:49b  "You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me."

Psalm 3:3  But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

above the enemies who surround me 

Psalm 22:12  Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

at his sacred tent I will sacrifice 

Psalm 50:14 "Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, ..."

Psalm 54:6  I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, LORD, for it is good.

Psalm 107:22  Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

Psalm 116:17  I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD.

with shouts of joy 

Ezra 3:13  No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

Job 22:26  "Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God."

I will sing 

Exodus 15:1  Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both the horse and driver he has hurled into the sea."

and make music to the LORD 

Psalm 33:2  Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Psalm 92:1  It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, ...

Psalm 147:7  Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

Ephesians 5:19  ... speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the LORD, ...

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JOY Psalm 21:6-7 Part 3 of 3

Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.  

of the Most High 

Genesis 14:18-19  Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth."

he will not be shaken 

Psalm 15:1-5  LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others; who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Psalm 55:22  Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

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JOY Psalm 21:6-7 Part 2 of 3

Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.  

through the unfailing love 

Isaiah 54:8-10  "In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the LORD your Redeemer. "To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Psalm 89:24  "My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted."

Psalm 89:28  "I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail."

Psalm 89:30-33  "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness."

Psalm 89:49  Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

2 Samuel 7:15  " 'But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.' "

Isaiah 55:3  "Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David."

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JOY Psalm 21:6-7 Part 1 of 3

Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence 

Psalm 43:4  Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

Psalm 126:3  The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.

1 Chronicles 17:27  "Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever."

For the king trusts in the LORD 

2 Kings 18:5  Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.

through the unfailing love 

Psalm 6:4  Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

Psalm 13:5  But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 31:16  Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 77:8  "Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

Psalm 85:7  Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation.

Psalm 119:41-42  May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise; then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.

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JOY Psalm 21:1

The king rejoices in your strength, LORD. How great is his joy in the victories you give!

The king rejoices in your strength, LORD 

1 Samuel 2:9b-10  "It is not by strength that one prevails; those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."

How great is his joy in the victories you give! 

2 Samuel 22:51  "He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."

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JOY Psalm 20:5

May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.

May we shout for joy over your victory 

Job 3:7  "May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it."

and lift up our banners in the name of our God 

Numbers 1:52  "The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard."

Psalm 60:4  But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.

Isaiah 5:26  He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!

Isaiah 11:12  He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

Isaiah 13:2  Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 30:17  "A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee away, till you are left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill."

Isaiah 49:22  This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips."

Isaiah 62:10  Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.

Jeremiah 50:2  "Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, 'Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.' "

Jeremiah 51:12  "Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her (Babylon); summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts."

May the LORD grant all your requests 

1 Samuel 1:17  Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him."

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JOY Psalm 19:8

The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart

Psalm 33:4  For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.

Psalm 119:127-128  Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold, and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

Psalm 119:14  I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes 

Ezra 9:8  "But now, for a brief moment, the LORD our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage."

Psalm 38:10  My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

Psalm 13:3-6  Look on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the LORD's praise, for he has been good to me.

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JOY Psalm 16:11

 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

You make known to me the path of life 

Psalm 139:24  See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.

Matthew 7:13-14  "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

Proverbs 15:24  The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

you will fill me with joy in your presence 

Acts 2:25-28  "David said about him: 'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.' "

with eternal pleasures 

Psalm 21:6  Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

at your right hand 

Psalm 80:17  Let you hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

Psalm 16:8  I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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JOY Psalm 5:11

But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy 

Psalm 33:1  Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Psalm 81:1  Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

Psalm 90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Psalm 92:4  For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.

Psalm 95:1  Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Psalm 145:7  They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you 

Psalm 69:34-36  Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.

Psalm 119:132  Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Psalm 89:15-16  Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.

Psalm 20:1  May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Proverbs 18:10  The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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JOY Psalm 4:6-7

Many, LORD, are asking, "Who will bring us prosperity?" Let the light of your face shine on us. Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound. 

Let the light of your face shine on us 

Numbers 6:24-26  " ' "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." ' "

Fill my heart 

Acts 14:17  "Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown you kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy."

with joy 

Isaiah 9:3  You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.

Isaiah 35:10  ... and those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 65:14  "My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you (who forsake the LORD) will cry out from the anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit."

Isaiah 65:18  "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy."

when their grain and new wine abound 

Genesis 27:28  "May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness--an abundance of grain and new wine."

Deuteronomy 28:45  All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.

Deuteronomy 28:51  They (a nation from far away) will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.

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JOY Job 38:6-7 Part 3 of 3

"On what were its (the earth's) footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?"

 shouted for joy 

Deuteronomy 16:15  For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

Psalm 65:13  The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 96:11-13  Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Psalm 98:8-9  Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 103:22  Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.

Isaiah 44:23  "Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud you earth beneath. Burst in to song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel."

Isaiah 49:13  Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Isaiah 55:12  "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands."

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JOY Job 38:6-7 Part 2 of 3

"On what were its (the earth's) footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?"

sang together 

Psalm 19:1-4  The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

Psalm 148:2-3  Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.

and all the angels 

1 Kings 22:19  Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left."

Psalm 103:20-21  Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.

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JOY Job 38:6-7 Part 1 of 3

"On what were its (the earth's) footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?"

On what were its footings set 

Proverbs 8:22-26  "The LORD brought me (wisdom) forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be. When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water; before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth."

or who laid its cornerstone 

Job 26:7  "He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing."

while the morning stars 

Genesis 1:16-18  God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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JOY Job 33:26

"... then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God's face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being."

then that person can pray to God and find favor with him 

Job 5:15  "He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful."

Proverbs 8:35  "For those who find me (wisdom) find life and receive favor from the LORD."

Proverbs 12:2  Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

Proverbs 18:22  He who finds a good wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

Luke 2:52  And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

they will see God's face and shout for joy 

Ezra 3:13  No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

Job 22:26  "Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God."

he will restore them to full well-being 

Psalm 13:5  But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 50:14-15  "Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

Psalm 51:12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

1 John 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

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JOY Job 20:4-5

"Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth, that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment."

Surely you know how it has been from of old 

Deuteronomy 4:32  Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?

Deuteronomy 32:7  Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

that the mirth of the wicked is brief 

Psalm 94:3  How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?

the joy of the godless 

Job 8:13  "Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless."

lasts but a moment 

Job 8:11-12  "Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass."

Psalm 37:35-36  I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree, but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him he could not be found.

Psalm 73:18-20  Surely you place them (the wicked) on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors. They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

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JOY Job 10:20

"Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy."

Are not my few days 

Job 14:1-2  "Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble. They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure."

Ecclesiastes 6:12  For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

almost over 

Job 7:7  "Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again."

Turn away from me 

Job 7:16 "I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning."

so I can have a moment's joy 

Job 9:25  "My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away with out a glimpse of joy."

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JOY Job 9:25

"My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy."

Job 7:6-7  "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again."

Job 10:20-22  "Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy before I go the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness, to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

Psalm 144:3-4  LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

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Job 42:1-6  Then Job replied to the LORD: "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Job 42:10  After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

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JOY Job 8:21

"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy."

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter 

Job 5:22  "You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals."

Job 39:7  "It (the wild donkey) laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver's shout."

Job 39:18  "Yet when she (the ostrich) spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider."

Job 39:22  "It (the horse) laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword."

Job 41:29  "A club seems to it (Leviathan) but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance."

and your lips with shouts of joy 

Ezra 3:13  No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise, and the sound was heard far away.

Job 35:10-11  "But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?' "

Psalm 47:5  God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.

Psalm 107:22  Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

Psalm 118:15  Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: "The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

Psalm 126:2  Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

Psalm 132:16  "I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy."

Isaiah 35:6  Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

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JOY Job 6:10

"Then I would still have this consolation--my joy in unrelenting pain--that I had not denied the words of the Holy One."

Then I would still have this consolation 

Job 2:11  When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Job 15:11  "Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?"

Psalm 94:19  When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

my joy in unrelenting pain 

Psalm 38:17  For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Jeremiah 4:19  Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.

Jeremiah 45:2-3  "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says to you, Baruch: You said, 'Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.' "

that I had not denied the words 

Job 22:22  "Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart."

Job 23:12  " I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread."

Psalm 119:102  I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.

Mark 8:38  "If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

of the Holy One 

Leviticus 11:44  " 'I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.' "

2 Kings 19:22  " 'Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!' "

Isaiah 31:1  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.

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JOY Esther 9:20-22

Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, to have them celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Esther 4:12-14  When Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back this answer: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?"

Nehemiah 8:10-12  Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." The Levites calmed all the people, saying "Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve." Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

Psalm 30:11-12  You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

2 Kings 25:27-30  In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table. Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.

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JOY Esther 9:17-19

This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy. The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy. That is why rural Jews--those living in villages--observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving presents to each other.

on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy 

1 Kings 3:15  Then Solomon awoke--and he realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he gave a feast for all his court.

That is why rural Jews--those living in villages--observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar 

Esther 3:5-7  When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged. Yet having learned who Mordecai's people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai's people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes. In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur (that is, the lot) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

a day for giving presents to each other 

Deuteronomy 16:11  And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name--you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

Deuteronomy 16:14  Be joyful at your festival--you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

Esther 2:9  She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king's palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.

Revelation 11:10  The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

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JOY Esther 8:16-17 Part 2 of 2

For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy, gladness and honor. In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews 

Psalm 35:27  May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant."

Psalm 45:15  Led in with joy and gladness, they enter the palace of the king.

Psalm 51:8  Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Proverbs 11:10  When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them 

Exodus 15:14-16  "The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia. The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away; terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone--until your people pass by, LORD, until the people you bought pass by."

Deuteronomy 11:25  No one will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.

Daniel 6:26  "I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end."

Esther 9:3  And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king's administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them.

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JOY Esther 8:16-17 Part 1 of 2

For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy, gladness and honor. In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy 

Psalm 97:10-12  Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.

gladness and honor 

Esther 4:1-3  When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king's gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Psalm 112:4  Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.

Jeremiah 29:4-7  This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."

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JOY Nehemiah 12:43

And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

rejoicing because God had given them great joy 

1 Chronicles 29:9  The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

The women and children also rejoiced

Nehemiah 8:2   So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand.

Exodus 15:20  Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

Deuteronomy 31:12  Assemble the people--men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns--so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.

Joshua 8:35  There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners who lived among them.

2 Kings 23:2  He went up to the temple of the LORD with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets--all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the LORD.

The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away 

Ezra 3:13  No one could distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

1 Kings 1:40  And all the people went up after him, playing pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.

2 Kings 11:13-14  When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guards and the people, she went to the people at the temple of the LORD. She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her robes and called out, "Treason! Treason!"

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JOY Nehemiah 8:16-17

So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim. The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great.

in the square by the Water Gate 

Nehemiah 3:16  ... and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.

Nehemiah 7:73b-8:3  When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses which the LORD had commanded for Israel. So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

and the one by the Gate of Ephraim 

2 Chronicles 25:23  Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate--a section about four hundred cubits long.

The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them 

Hosea 12:9  "I have been the LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed festivals."

From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this 

1 Kings 8:2  All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Elhanim, the seventh month.

2 Chronicles 7:8  So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 8:12-13  On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD, according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three annual festivals--the Festival of Unleavened bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Tabernacles.

And their joy was very great 

2 Chronicles 30:26  There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35:18  The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem.

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JOY Nehemiah 8:10-12

Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our LORD. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." The Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve." Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared 

1 Samuel 25:8  "Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them."

2 Samuel 6:19  Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.

Esther 9:22b  He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Luke 14:12-14  Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the cripples, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength 

Leviticus 23:40  " 'On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees--from palms, willows and other leafy trees--and rejoice before the LORD for seven days.' "

Deuteronomy 12:18  Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose--you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns--and you are to rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you put your hand to.

Deuteronomy 16:11  And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name--you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

Deuteronomy 16:14-15  Be joyful at your festival--you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

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JOY Ezra 6:16, 22

16.  Then the people of Israel--the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles--celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

22.  For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the LORD had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy 

1 Kings 8:63  Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD.

For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread 

Exodus 12:17  "Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come."

because the LORD had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria 

Ezra 1:1-4  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing: "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.' "

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JOY Ezra 3:12-13

But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple 

Haggai 2:3  " 'Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?' "

Haggai 2:9  " 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."

wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid 

Jeremiah 31:9  "They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son."

Jeremiah 50:4  "In those days, at that time," declares the LORD, "the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the LORD their God."

No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping 

Job 8:21  "He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy."

Job 33:26  "... then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God's face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being."

Psalm 27:6  Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy.

Psalm 42:4  These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.

Isaiah 16:9  So I weep as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. Heshbon and Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.

Jeremiah 48:33  "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."

Psalm 126:5-6  Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

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