Deuteronomy 12:7

7And athere you shall eat before the Lord your God, and byou shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

1 Chronicles 15:28

28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, ctrumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on dharps and lyres.

2 Chronicles 7:10

10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity that the Lord had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

2 Chronicles 30:23

23Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast efor another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.

2 Chronicles 30:26

26So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for fsince the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:11-12

11And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,

gFor he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”
And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
12But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, hold men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy,

Ezra 6:22

22And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread iseven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful jand had turned the heart of kthe king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 8:10

10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and lsend portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Nehemiah 12:43

43And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

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