Psalms 68:3

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together.

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.

Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’ ” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled.

Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”

When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, will sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”

Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do tomorrow also according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.

Only he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. They gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”

For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,

Always rejoice.

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”

Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”