Isaiah 12:5
Make a song to the Lord; for he has done noble things: give news of them through all the earth.
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Isaiah 12:5
Make a song to the Lord; for he has done noble things: give news of them through all the earth.
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Deuteronomy 10:21
He is your God, the God of your praise, your God who has done for you all these works of power which your eyes have seen.
Psalms 22:3
But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
Jeremiah 17:14
Make me well, O Lord, and I will be well; be my saviour, and I will be safe: for you are my hope.
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Deuteronomy 12:12
And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.
Deuteronomy 16:14
You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.
Deuteronomy 26:11
And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.
Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
Nehemiah 8:11
So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
Isaiah 30:29
You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.
Acts 2:46
And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,
Acts 2:47
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
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1 Samuel 2:1
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.
Psalms 9:14
So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
Psalms 20:5
We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.
Psalms 21:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!
Psalms 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
Habakkuk 3:18
Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
Luke 1:46
And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
Philippians 3:1
For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
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1 Kings 9:3
And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
Isaiah 16:12
And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.
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2 Kings 19:19
But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.
1 Chronicles 16:23
Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
1 Chronicles 16:24
Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
Psalms 68:4
Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.
Psalms 68:32
Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)
Psalms 68:33
To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.
Psalms 68:34
Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
Psalms 96:3
Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
Psalms 96:4
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods.
Psalms 96:5
For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
Psalms 96:6
Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place.
Psalms 96:7
Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
Psalms 96:8
Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house.
Psalms 96:9
O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth.
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Nehemiah 12:43
And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
Psalms 32:11
Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.
Psalms 100:2
Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.
Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
Isaiah 25:7
And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.
Isaiah 66:10
Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:
Isaiah 66:11
So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.
Isaiah 66:12
For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.
Isaiah 66:13
As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66:14
And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.
Joel 2:26
You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you:
Zechariah 9:17
For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
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Psalms 45:2
You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
Jeremiah 31:7
For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
Jeremiah 33:9
And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.
Amos 9:13
See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.
Zephaniah 3:11
In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.
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Psalms 46:8
Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.
Psalms 46:9
He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.
Psalms 46:10
Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
Psalms 46:11
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
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Psalms 9:11
Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
Psalms 66:1
To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm. Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:
Psalms 66:2
Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.
Psalms 66:4
Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)
Psalms 66:5
Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.
Psalms 105:1
O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Psalms 107:22
Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
Psalms 118:17
Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.
John 17:26
And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.
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1 Chronicles 29:20
And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.
Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
Psalms 30:4
Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name.
Psalms 67:4
O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)
Psalms 71:15
My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
Psalms 72:19
Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.
Psalms 117:1
Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.
Psalms 117:2
For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
Psalms 146:1
Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
Psalms 146:2
While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.
Revelation 11:15
And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.
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Psalms 96:11
Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;
Psalms 96:12
Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy,
Psalms 96:13
Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.
Psalms 98:9
Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.
Isaiah 14:7
All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.
Isaiah 48:20
Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.
Isaiah 49:9
Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
Isaiah 49:10
They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
Isaiah 49:11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
Isaiah 49:12
See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Isaiah 49:13
Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
Isaiah 55:12
For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
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Psalms 106:12
Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.
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Psalms 97:1
The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.
Psalms 99:1
The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.
Psalms 145:21
My mouth will give praise to the Lord; let all flesh be blessing his holy name for ever and ever.
Isaiah 24:14
But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
Isaiah 63:7
I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 11:16
And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,
Revelation 11:17
We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.
Revelation 19:6
And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.
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Isaiah 9:17
For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 28:3
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
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Isaiah 44:1
And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:
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Isaiah 26:2
Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.
Isaiah 26:10
Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.
Isaiah 60:19
The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.
Luke 2:32
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Revelation 21:23
And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.
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Daniel 4:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.
Daniel 4:2
It has seemed good to me to make clear the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done with me.
Daniel 4:3
How great are his signs! and how full of power are his wonders! his kingdom is an eternal kingdom and his rule goes on from generation to generation.
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Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
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Isaiah 27:2
In that day it will be said, A vine-garden of delight, make a song about it.
Ezekiel 34:29
And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations.
John 3:16
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
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Romans 7:25
I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.
1 Corinthians 15:56
The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
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Romans 7:24
How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
1 Corinthians 15:57
But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Nehemiah 12:42
And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.
Isaiah 40:9
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
Jeremiah 31:4
I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:14
I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
Joel 2:23
Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.
Zechariah 8:19
This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.
Matthew 21:9
And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
Ephesians 5:20
Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
James 5:13
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
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2 Chronicles 20:21
And after discussion with the people, he put in their places those who were to make melody to the Lord, praising him in holy robes, while they went at the head of the army, and saying, May the Lord be praised, for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
2 Chronicles 20:27
Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.
Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms 81:1
To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph. Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 149:1
Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.
Psalms 149:2
Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
Psalms 149:3
Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.
Jeremiah 33:10
This is what the Lord has said: There will again be sounding in this place, of which you say, It is a waste, without man and without beast; even in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem which are waste and unpeopled, without man and without beast,
Zephaniah 3:14
Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 9:9
Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
Luke 1:67
And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Have joy at all times.
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Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
1 Peter 1:6
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
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2 Samuel 22:1
And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:
2 Samuel 22:49
He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
Psalms 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 7:9
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
Revelation 7:10
Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.
Revelation 7:11
And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,
Revelation 7:12
So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 7:13
And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 7:16
They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
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2 Samuel 22:50
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
Psalms 18:49
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:9
And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
Revelation 5:10
And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.
Revelation 5:11
And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation 5:12
Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
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Judges 5:3
Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Job 38:7
When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
Psalms 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge.
Psalms 68:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song. Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.
Psalms 71:8
My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.
Psalms 84:4
Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
Psalms 89:1
Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
Isaiah 25:1
O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.
Isaiah 42:12
Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.
Luke 1:68
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
Revelation 18:20
Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
Revelation 19:4
And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord.
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