Deuteronomy 28:63
28:63 This is what will happen: Just as the
Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he
will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.
Isaiah 62:5
62:5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you.
As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.
Isaiah 65:19
65:19 Jerusalem will bring me joy,
and my people will bring me happiness.
The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow
will never be heard in her again.
Jeremiah 32:41
32:41 I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them
firmly in the land.’
Jeremiah 33:9
33:9 All the nations will hear about all the good things which I will do to them. This city will bring me fame, honor, and praise before them for the joy that I bring it. The nations will tremble in awe at all the peace and prosperity that I will provide for it.’
Zephaniah 3:17
3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst;
he is a warrior who can deliver.
He takes great delight in you;
he renews you by his love;
he shouts for joy over you.”
Luke 15:6-10
15:6 Returning
home, he calls together
his
friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need to repent.
15:8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
15:9 Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:32
15:32 It was appropriate
to celebrate and be glad, for your brother
was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
John 15:11
15:11 I have told you these things
so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.