Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joyful' occurs 29 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joyful' in the standard works and contain 6.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 95:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 2 26
NT 1 3 4
BM 3 0 3
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 29 5 34

Deut. 28:47
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

1 Kgs. 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Esth. 5:9
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

Job 3:7
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Ps. 5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Ps. 35:9
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Ps. 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

Ps. 66:1
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

Ps. 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Ps. 89:15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

Ps. 95:1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Ps. 95:2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Ps. 96:12
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

Ps. 98:4
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Ps. 98:6
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

Ps. 98:8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

Ps. 100:1
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

Ps. 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 149:2
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Ps. 149:5
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Eccl. 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Eccl. 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Isa. 49:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Isa. 56:7
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Isa. 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Luke 19:6
And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

2 Cor. 7:4
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

Col. 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Heb. 10:34
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

1 Ne. 21:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Alma 13:25
And now we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us by the mouth of angels, of his coming; for the time cometh, we know not how soon. Would to God that it might be in my day; but let it be sooner or later, in it I will rejoice.

Alma 27:16
And it came to pass that as Ammon was going forth into the land, that he and his brethren met Alma, over in the place of which has been spoken; and behold, this was a joyful meeting.

D&C 136:29
If thou art sorrowful, call on the Lord thy God with supplication, that your souls may be joyful.