Esther 9:17

9:17 All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.

Psalms 18:28

18:28 Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord.

My God illuminates the darkness around me.

Psalms 97:11

97:11 The godly bask in the light;

the morally upright experience joy.

Proverbs 4:18-19

4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light,

growing brighter and brighter until full day.

4:19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness;

they do not know what causes them to stumble.

Proverbs 11:10

11:10 When the righteous do well, the city rejoices;

when the wicked perish, there is joy.

Isaiah 30:29-30

30:29 You will sing

as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival.

You will be happy like one who plays a flute

as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel.

30:30 The Lord will give a mighty shout

and intervene in power,

with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire,

with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

Isaiah 35:10

35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way.

They will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them,

happiness and joy will overwhelm them;

grief and suffering will disappear.