And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

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?”

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.