John 16:22
16:22 So also you have sorrow
now, but
I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Isaiah 25:8-9
25:8 he will swallow up death permanently.
The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the Lord has announced it!
25:9 At that time they will say,
“Look, here is our God!
We waited for him and he delivered us.
Here is the Lord! We waited for him.
Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”
Matthew 28:8
28:8 So
they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
Luke 24:41
24:41 And while they still could not believe it
(because of their joy) and were amazed,
he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”