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

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

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

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.

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

The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: “Sing for us a song about Zion!”

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!

All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.

The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.