Job 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the soil others will spring.
Psa 48:2 beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.
Isa 8:6Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Isa 24:8 The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
Isa 24:11 There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
Isa 32:13 for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
Isa 32:14 For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
Isa 60:15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
Isa 62:5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
Isa 65:18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
Isa 66:10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;
Jer 49:25 How is the famous city not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
Lam 2:15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
they hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of all the earth?”
Lam 5:15 The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has been turned to mourning.

Eze 24:25 “As for you, son of man, surely on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul’s desire, and also their sons and daughters,
Hos 2:11 And I will put an end to all her mirth,
her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths,
and all her appointed feasts.
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