For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.

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.

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace.

Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.

Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

I said of partying, “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, “It accomplishes nothing!”

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking.