Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joy' occurs 343 times in the standard works.

107 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joy' in the standard works and contain 31.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 27:17-19 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 9:3 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:3 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:10 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 102 41 143
NT 63 10 73
BM 137 10 147
DC 37 6 43
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 343 68 411

Lev. 26:34
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Lev. 26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Num. 36:8
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

Deut. 28:41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

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

Josh. 1:15
Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

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.

2 Chr. 36:21
To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

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. 2:1
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Eccl. 2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Eccl. 3:13
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Eccl. 5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

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. 22:2
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

Isa. 23:7
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Isa. 32:13
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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.

Isa. 65:22
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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

Acts 24:2
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

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.

2 Cor. 7:13
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

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

Col. 2:5
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

1 Tim. 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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.

Heb. 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Heb. 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

1 Ne. 11:23
And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the soul.

1 Ne. 17:21
Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

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.

2 Ne. 9:14
Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness.

Mosiah 29:32
And now I desire that this inequality should be no more in this land, especially among this my people; but I desire that this land be a land of liberty, and every man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike, so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land, yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.

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.

Alma 30:27
And thus ye lead away this people after the foolish traditions of your fathers, and according to your own desires; and ye keep them down, even as it were in bondage, that ye may glut yourselves with the labors of their hands, that they durst not look up with boldness, and that they durst not enjoy their rights and privileges.

Hel. 7:7
Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my father Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could have joyed with him in the promised land; then were his people easy to be entreated, firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to be led to do iniquity; and they were quick to hearken unto the words of the Lord--

3 Ne. 6:16
And thus Satan did lead away the hearts of the people to do all manner of iniquity; therefore they had enjoyed peace but a few years.

D&C 77:3
Q. Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts, or do they represent classes or orders?

A. They are limited to four individual beasts, which were shown to John, to represent the glory of the classes of beings in their destined order or sphere of creation, in the enjoyment of their eternal felicity.

D&C 88:32
And they who remain shall also be quickened; nevertheless, they shall return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received.

D&C 107:19
To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, to have the heavens opened unto them, to commune with the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, and to enjoy the communion and presence of God the Father, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.

D&C 130:2
And that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy.

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

Moses 6:59
That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory;