JOY

- God gives Ec 2:26; Ps 4:7 - Christ appointed to give Isa 61:3 - Is a fruit of the Spirit Ga 5:22 - The gospel, good tidings of Lu 2:10,11 - God's word affords Ne 8:12; Jer 15:16 - The gospel to be received with 1Th 1:6 - Promised to saints Ps 132:16; Isa 35:10; 55:12; 56:7 - Prepared for saints Ps 97:11 - Enjoined to saints Ps 32:11; Php 3:1 - Fulness of, in God's presence Ps 16:11 - Vanity of seeking, from earthly things Ec 2:10,11; 11:8 - EXPERIENCED BY . Believers Lu 24:52; Ac 16:34 . Peace-makers Pr 12:20 . The just Pr 21:15 . The wise, and discreet Pr 15:23 . Parents of good children Pr 23:24 - Increased to the meek Isa 29:19 - OF SAINTS IS . In God Ps 89:16; 149:2; Hab 3:18; Ro 5:11 . In Christ Lu 1:47; Php 3:3 . In the Holy Spirit Ro 14:17 . For election Lu 10:20 . For salvation Ps 21:1; Isa 61:10 . For deliverance from bondage Ps 105:43; Jer 31:10-13 . For manifestation of goodness 2Ch 7:10 . For temporal blessings Joe 2:23,24 . For supplies of grace Isa 12:3 . For divine protection Ps 5:11; 16:8,9 . For divine support Ps 28:7; 63:7 . For the victory of Christ Joh 16:33 . For the hope of glory Ro 5:2 . For the success of the gospel Ac 15:3 - OF SAINTS SHOULD BE . Great Zec 9:9; Ac 8:8 . Abundant 2Co 8:2 . Exceeding Ps 21:6; 68:3 . Animated Ps 32:11; Lu 6:23 . Unspeakable 1Pe 1:8 . Full of glory 1Pe 1:8 . Constant 2Co 6:10; Php 4:4 . For evermore 1Th 5:16 . With awe Ps 2:11 . In hope Ro 12:12 . In sorrow 2Co 6:10 . Under trials Jas 1:2; 1Pe 1:6 . Under persecutions Mt 5:11,12; Lu 6:22,23; Heb 10:34 . Under calamities Hab 3:17,18 . Expressed in hymns Eph 5:19; Jas 5:13 - Afflictions of saints succeeded by Ps 30:5; 126:5; Isa 35:10; Joh 16:20 - Pray for restoration of Ps 51:8,12; 85:6 - Promote, in the afflicted Job 29:13 - OF SAINTS, MADE FULL BY . The favour of God Ac 2:28 . Faith in Christ Ro 15:13 . Abiding in Christ Joh 15:10,11 . The word of Christ Joh 17:13 . Answers to prayer Joh 16:24 . Communion of saints 2Ti 1:4; 1Jo 1:3,4; 2Jo 1:12 - Saints should afford, to their ministers Php 2:2; Phm 1:20 - MINISTERS SHOULD . Esteem their people as their Php 4:1; 1Th 2:20 . Promote, in their people 2Co 1:24; Php 1:25 . Pray for, for their people Ro 15:13 . Have, in the faith and holiness of their people 2Co 7:4; 1Th 3:9; 3Jo 1:4 . Come to their people with Ro 15:32 . Finish their course with Ac 20:24 . Desire to render an account with Php 2:16; Heb 13:17 - Serve God with Ps 100:2 - Liberality in God's service should cause 1Ch 29:9,17 - Is strengthening to saints Ne 8:10 - Saints should engage in all religious services with Ezr 6:22; Ps 42:4 - Saints should have, in all their undertakings De 12:18 - Saints shall be presented to God with exceeding 1Pe 4:13; Jude 1:24 - The coming of Christ will afford to saints, exceeding 1Pe 4:13 - Shall be the final reward of saints at the judgment day Mt 25:21 - OF THE WICKED . Is derived from earthly pleasures Ec 2:10; 11:9 . Is derived from folly Pr 15:21 . Is delusive Pr 14:13 . Is short-lived Job 20:5; Ec 7:6 . Should be turned into mourning Jas 4:9 . Shall be taken away Isa 16:10 - Holy-Illustrated Isa 9:3; Mt 13:44 - Holy-Exemplified . Hannah 1Sa 2:1 . David 1Ch 29:9 . Wise men Mt 2:10 . The Virgin Mary Lu 1:47 . Zacchaeus Lu 19:6 . Converts Ac 2:46; 13:52 . Peter, Ac 5:41 . Samaritans Ac 8:8 . Jailor Ac 16:34

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JOY. → Attributed to God De 28:63; 30:9; Jer 32:41 → In heaven Lu 15:10-32 → UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO De 12:18; 1Sa 2:1; 1Ch 16:27; 2Ch 7:10; Ezr 6:22; Ne 8:10,12; 12:43; Job 8:21; 22:21,26; 33:26; Ps 2:11; 4:7; 5:11; 9:2,14; 13:5; 14:7; 16:5,6,8,9,11; 17:15; 19:8; 20:5; 21:1,6; 28:7; 30:5,11,12; 32:1,2,11; 33:21; 35:9; 36:8; 40:16; 42:4; 43:4; 45:15; 46:4; 51:8,12; 53:6; 63:5-7,11; 64:10; 68:3; 69:32; 70:4; 71:23; 85:6; 89:15,16; 97:11,12; 100:1,2; 104:34; 105:3,43; 119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165; 126:5,6; 132:16; 138:5; 149:2,5; Pr 10:28; 13:9; 19:23; 28:12; 29:6; Ec 2:26; Isa 9:3; 12:1-6; 25:9; 29:19; 30:29; 35:1,2,10; 41:16; 44:23; 49:13; 51:11; 52:9; 55:12; 56:7; 61:3,7,10; 65:14,19; 66:10-12,14; Jer 15:16; 31:12-14,25,26; 33:6,11; Joe 2:23; Na 1:15; Hab 3:18; Zep 3:14; Hag 2:9; Zec 2:10; 9:9; 10:7; Mt 18:13; 25:21; Lu 1:47; 2:10; 6:22,23; 10:20; 15:6-8,10,22-32; 24:52; Joh 16:20,22,24,33; 17:13; Ac 2:28; 8:8,39; 13:52; 16:25,34; Ro 5:2,11; 12:12; 14:17; 15:13; 2Co 1:12,24; 6:10; 7:4; 8:2; 12:10; Ga 5:22; Eph 5:18,19; Php 3:3; 4:4; Col 1:11; 1Th 1:6; 5:16; Heb 10:34; Jas 1:2; 5:13; 1Pe 1:8; 4:13; 1Jo 1:4; Jude 1:24 → INSTANCES OF
* Of Moses and the Israelites, when Pharaoh and his army were destroyed Ex 15:1-22
* Of Deborah and the Israelites, when Sisera was overthrown Jud 5
* Of Jephthah's daughter, when he returned from his victory over the Ammonites Jud 11:34
* Of Hannah, when Samuel was born 1Sa 2:1-11
* Of Naomi, when Boaz showed kindness to Ruth Ru 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 Ne 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 Ne 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 Es 8:15,16; with 7:10
* Of Elisabeth, when Mary visited her Lu 1:5-44
* Of Mary, when she visited Elisabeth Lu 1:46-56
* Of Zecharias, when John the Baptist was born Lu 1:67-79
* Of angels, when Jesus was born Lu 2:13,14
* Of the shepherds, when they saw the infant Jesus Lu 2:20
* Of the Magi Mt 2:10
* Of Simeon, when Jesus was presented in the temple Lu 2:28-32
* Of the disciples, because the demons were subject to them Lu 10:17
* Of the father, when his prodigal son returned Lu 15:20-32
* Of angels, when sinners repent Lu 15:7,10
* Of the disciples, when Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem Mt 21:8,9; Mr 11:8-10
* Of the women who returned from the Lord's sepulcher Mt 28:8
* The disciple, after the resurrection of Jesus Lu 24:41
* Of the disciples in the temple after the ascension of Jesus Lu 24:53
* Of the disciples in the temple because they had received the gift of the Holy Spirit Ac 2:46,47
* Of the immobile man who was healed by Peter Ac 3:8
* Of Paul, when he went up to Jerusalem Ac 20:22-24
* Of Paul and Silas, in the jail at Philippi Ac 16:25
* Of Rhoda, when she heard Peter at the gate Ac 12:14
* Of the disciples at Jerusalem, when Peter told them about the conversion of Cornelius and other Gentiles Ac 11:18

.Of Barnabas, when he saw the success of the gospel at Antioch (in Syria) Ac 11:22,23
* Of Paul and the Corinthians, because the excommunicated member repented 2Co 1:24; 2:3
* Of Paul and Titus, because of the hospitality of the Corinthians 2Co 7:13; with 8:6; Ro 15:32; 1Co 16:18
* Of the Macedonian Christians, when they made a contribution for the Christians at Jerusalem 2Co 8:2
* Of Paul, when he prayed for the Philippian Christians Php 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

→ OF THE WICKED Job 20:5; Pr 14:13; 15:21; Ec 2:10; 7:6; 11:8,9; Isa 16:10; Jas 4:9
* See HAPPINESS
* See PRAISE
* See THANKSGIVING

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joy. Joy, v. to rejoice, be or make glad, congratulate

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Joy (?), n. [[OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. � to rejoice, � proud. Cf. Gaud, Jewel.]] 1. 1. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy. Dryden. Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. Johnson. Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. Heb. xii. 2. Tears of true joy for his return. Shak. Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. Locke. 2. 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and joy. 1 Thess. ii. 20. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats. 3. 3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found. Spenser. The roofs with joy resound. Dryden. ☞ Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells, joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc. Syn. — Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.