After highlighting verses for the darker side of human experiences, this week I’m focusing on Bible verses for when you feel joyful. I love the verses in which the writer personifies nature to describe joy.
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.
Isaiah 61:10
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.
Psalm 114:6-7
Why, mountains, do you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs? Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Israel.
Zephaniah 3:17
He (God) will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
Luke 15:3-6
Then Jesus told them his parable: Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.”
Psalms 144-150
These seven Psalms may be the most joyful section of the Bible. I feel like turning cartwheels after reading them. Here’s one of my favorite verses, Psalm 149:4
For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
What Bible verses do you read when you feel joyful?