100 Bible Verses about Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 515 helpful votes

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 306 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 212 helpful votes

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Philippians 4:4 ESV / 192 helpful votes

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 189 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Psalm 16:11 ESV / 187 helpful votes

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 186 helpful votes

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

John 15:11 ESV / 171 helpful votes

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 160 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Psalm 28:7-8 ESV / 153 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 147 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 147 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 142 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 131 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Exodus 15:2 ESV / 124 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Isaiah 40:29 ESV / 122 helpful votes

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 121 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Habakkuk 3:19 ESV / 121 helpful votes

God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.

Psalm 118:14 ESV / 112 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV / 110 helpful votes

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 110 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 108 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 28:8 ESV / 106 helpful votes

The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

Nehemiah 8:1-18 ESV / 106 helpful votes

And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. ...

Mark 12:30 ESV / 101 helpful votes

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Romans 14:17 ESV / 99 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 97 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 95 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Isaiah 61:10 ESV / 88 helpful votes

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Psalm 22:19 ESV / 88 helpful votes

But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

Psalm 4:7 ESV / 87 helpful votes

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

2 Corinthians 12:10 ESV / 83 helpful votes

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Romans 12:12 ESV / 81 helpful votes

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

John 16:24 ESV / 80 helpful votes

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Psalm 29:11 ESV / 78 helpful votes

May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 74 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Psalm 30:11 ESV / 72 helpful votes

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Psalm 94:19 ESV / 71 helpful votes

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

Psalm 5:11 ESV / 69 helpful votes

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

Psalm 18:1-2 ESV / 67 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

James 1:2-4 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Psalm 40:16 ESV / 65 helpful votes

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”

Psalm 33:21 ESV / 65 helpful votes

For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.

Esther 9:22 ESV / 65 helpful votes

As the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

James 1:2 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 64 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Psalm 30:5 ESV / 64 helpful votes

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 16:9 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

1 Peter 1:8 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

Isaiah 35:10 ESV / 62 helpful votes

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

Psalm 32:11 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Philemon 1:7 ESV / 61 helpful votes

For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Luke 15:10 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Psalm 37:39 ESV / 60 helpful votes

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 9:3 ESV / 58 helpful votes

You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Rejoice always,

Philippians 3:1 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

Proverbs 10:28 ESV / 56 helpful votes

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 18:32 ESV / 55 helpful votes

The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

Psalm 119:111 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 59:17 ESV / 53 helpful votes

O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

Psalm 13:5 ESV / 53 helpful votes

But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

Proverbs 15:23 ESV / 52 helpful votes

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Ephesians 3:16 ESV / 50 helpful votes

That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Psalm 84:11 ESV / 50 helpful votes

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 27:6 ESV / 49 helpful votes

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

1 John 1:4 ESV / 48 helpful votes

And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

Habakkuk 3:17-18 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Joel 2:23 ESV / 48 helpful votes

“Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.

Isaiah 25:4 ESV / 48 helpful votes

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

2 John 1:12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

Romans 12:15 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Psalm 119:14 ESV / 46 helpful votes

In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

Psalm 47:1 ESV / 46 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

John 16:22 ESV / 45 helpful votes

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 44 helpful votes

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Psalm 119:28 ESV / 44 helpful votes

My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Acts 13:52 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

1 Samuel 25:8 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”

Romans 15:32 ESV / 42 helpful votes

So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Proverbs 23:24 ESV / 42 helpful votes

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

Psalm 32:7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

Luke 15:7 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Psalm 43:4 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

1 Peter 4:13 ESV / 37 helpful votes

But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 37 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Isaiah 45:24 ESV / 37 helpful votes

“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.

Acts 2:28 ESV / 36 helpful votes

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

Psalm 149:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.

Romans 5:11 ESV / 35 helpful votes

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Isaiah 61:3 ESV / 35 helpful votes

To grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Matthew 25:21 ESV / 32 helpful votes

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

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