Joy: Instances Of:
Of Moses and the Israelites, when Pharaoh and his army were destroyed,
Exd 15:1-22.
Of Deborah and the Israelites, when Sisera was overthrown,
Jdg 5.
Of Jephthah's daughter, when he returned from his victory over the Ammonites,
Jdg 11:34.
Of Hannah, when Samuel was born,
1Sa 2:1-11.
Of Naomi, when Boaz showed kindness to Ruth,
Rth 2:20; 4:14.
Of the Israelites,
when Saul was presented as their king,
1Sa 10:24;
when David killed Goliath,
1Sa 18:6, 7;
when they came to David to Hebron to make him king,
1Ch 12:40;
when they took the ark of the covenant from Kirjath-jearim,
1Ch 13:8;
when they brought the ark of the covenant from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem,
1Ch 15:16, 25, 28;
when they made gifts to the house of God,
1Ch 29:9;
when they observed the dedication of the temple, and the feast of tabernacles under Ezra,
Ezr 6:16, 22.
Of the Jews, after hearing, anew, the word of God,
Neh 8:9-18;
when they turned away from idolatry,
2Ch 15:14, 15; 23:18, 21; 29:30, 36; 30:21, 23, 26;
when the wall of Jerusalem was dedicated,
Neh 12:43;
when the foundation of the second temple was laid,
Ezr 3:11-13.
Of David, over the offerings of the princes and people for the house of God,
1Ch 29:10-19.
Jews, over the hanging of Haman,
Est 8:15, 16; with Est 7:10.
Of Elisabeth, when Mary visited her,
Luk 1:5-44.
Of Mary, when she visited Elisabeth,
Luk 1:46-56.
Of Zecharias, when John the Baptist was born,
Luk 1:67-79.
Of angels, when Jesus was born,
Luk 2:13, 14.
Of the shepherds, when they saw the infant Jesus,
Luk 2:20.
Of the Magi,
Mat 2:10.
Of Simeon, when Jesus was presented in the temple,
Luk 2:28-32.
Of the disciples, because the demons were subject to them,
Luk 10:17.
Of the father, when his prodigal son returned,
Luk 15:20-32.
Of angels, when sinners repent,
Luk 15:7, 10.
Of the disciples, when Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem,
Mat 21:8, 9; Mar 11:8-10.
Of the women who returned from the Lord's sepulcher,
Mat 28:8.
The disciple, after the resurrection of Jesus,
Luk 24:41.
Of the disciples in the temple after the ascension of Jesus,
Luk 24:53.
Of the disciples in the temple because they had received the gift of the Holy Spirit,
Act 2:46, 47.
Of the immobile man who was healed by Peter,
Act 3:8.
Of Paul, when he went up to Jerusalem,
Act 20:22-24.
Of Paul and Silas, in the jail at Philippi,
Act 16:25.
Of Rhoda, when she heard Peter at the gate,
Act 12:14.
Of the disciples at Jerusalem, when Peter told them about the conversion of Cornelius and other Gentiles,
Act 11:18.
Of Barnabas, when he saw the success of the gospel at Antioch (in Syria),
Act 11:22, 23.
Of Paul and the Corinthians, because the excommunicated member repented,
2Cr 1:24; 2:3.
Of Paul and Titus, because of the hospitality of the Corinthians,
2Cr 7:13; with 2Cr 8:6; Rom 15:32; 1Cr 16:18.
Of the Macedonian Christians, when they made a contribution for the Christians at Jerusalem,
2Cr 8:2.
Of Paul, when he prayed for the Philippian Christians,
Phl 1:4.
Of Thessalonians, when they believed Paul's gospel,
1Th 1:6.
Of Paul, rejoicing over his converts,
1Th 2:19, 20; 3:9; Phm 1:7.
Of early Christians, when they believed in Jesus,
1Pe 1:8, 9.