Lexicon :: Strong's H8055 - śāmaḥ

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,

and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,

and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,

and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[fn]

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice,

but when the wicked rule, people groan.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the[fn] good life.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Furthermore, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth, he has also allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labor. This is a gift of God,

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

A feast is prepared for laughter,

and wine makes life happy,

and money[fn] is the answer for everything.

Indeed, if someone lives many years,

let him rejoice in them all,

and let him remember the days of darkness, since they will be many.

All that comes is futile.

Take me with you ​— ​let’s hurry.

Oh, that the king would bring[fn] me to his chambers.

We will rejoice and be glad in you;

we will celebrate your caresses more than wine.

It is only right that they adore you.

You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy.[fn]

The people have rejoiced before you

as they rejoice at harvest time

and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

Even the cypresses and the cedars of Lebanon

rejoice over you:

“Since you have been laid low,

no lumberjack has come against us.”

On that day it will be said,

“Look, this is our God;

we have waited for him, and he has saved us.

This is the LORD; we have waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

Hezekiah was pleased with the letters, and he showed the envoys his treasure house ​— ​the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil ​— ​and all his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

“I will bring them to my holy mountain

and let them rejoice in my house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices

will be acceptable on my altar,

for my house will be called a house of prayer

for all nations.”

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says:

“Look! My servants will eat,

but you will be hungry.

Look! My servants will drink,

but you will be thirsty.

Look! My servants will rejoice,

but you will be put to shame.

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her,

all who love her.

Rejoice greatly with her,

all who mourn over her —

May the man be cursed

who brought the news to my father, saying,

“A male child is born to you,”

bringing him great joy.

Then the young women will rejoice with dancing,

while young and old men rejoice together.

I will turn their mourning into joy,

give them consolation,

and bring happiness out of grief.

When all the people held by Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced.

Because you rejoice,

because you celebrate —

you who plundered my inheritance —

because you frolic like a young cow treading grain

and neigh like stallions,

The LORD has done what he planned;

he has accomplished his decree,

which he ordained in days of old.

He has demolished without compassion,

letting the enemy gloat over you

and exalting the horn of your adversaries.

So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,

you resident of the land of Uz!

Yet the cup will pass to you as well;

you will get drunk and expose yourself.

The time has come; the day has arrived.

Let the buyer not rejoice

and the seller not mourn,

for wrath is on her whole crowd.

“ ‘For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt,

“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole world rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

They please the king with their evil,

the princes with their lies.

Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do,

for you have acted promiscuously, leaving your God.

You love the wages of a prostitute

on every grain-threshing floor.

Don’t be afraid, land;

rejoice and be glad,

for the LORD has done astonishing things.

you who rejoice over Lo-debar

and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim

for ourselves by our own strength? ”

Do not[fn] gloat over your brother

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock[fn]

in the day of distress.

Then the LORD God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble.[fn] Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!

Though I have fallen, I will stand up;

though I sit in darkness,

the LORD will be my light.

The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,

catch them in their dragnet,

and gather them in their fishing net;

that is why they are glad and rejoice.

Sing for joy, Daughter Zion;

shout loudly, Israel!

Be glad and celebrate with all your heart,

Daughter Jerusalem!

“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

“For who despises the day of small things? These seven eyes of the LORD, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the ceremonial stone[fn] in Zerubbabel’s hand.”

Ephraim will be like a warrior,

and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.

Their children will see it and be glad;

their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.