Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rejoice' occurs 295 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rejoice' in the standard works and contain 20.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 68:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 32:11-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 35:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 25:17-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 62:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 147 47 194
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 13 2 15
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 2 3 5
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 3 2 5
2 Chr. 2 6 8
Neh. 1 3 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 3 3 6
Ps. 55 6 61
Prov. 12 4 16
Eccl. 6 1 7
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 21 3 24
Jer. 4 3 7
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 2 2 4
Hosea 1 1 2
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Zeph. 3 0 3
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 45 19 64
BM 72 13 85
DC 31 5 36
PGP 0 3 3
TOTAL 295 87 382

Lev. 23:40
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

Deut. 12:7
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

Deut. 12:12
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

Deut. 12:18
But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

Deut. 14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

Deut. 16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

Deut. 16:14
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

Deut. 16:15
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

Deut. 26:11
And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

Deut. 27:7
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.

Deut. 28:63
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut. 30:9
And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

Deut. 32:43
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

Deut. 33:18
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

Judg. 9:19
If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

Judg. 16:23
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

1 Sam. 2:1
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1 Sam. 19:5
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

2 Sam. 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

1 Chr. 16:10
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

1 Chr. 16:31
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

1 Chr. 16:32
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

2 Chr. 6:41
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

2 Chr. 20:27
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

Neh. 12:43
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

Job 3:22
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Job 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Ps. 2:11
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

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. 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Ps. 9:14
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Ps. 13:4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Ps. 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Ps. 14:7
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Ps. 20:5
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

Ps. 21:1
The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Ps. 30:1
I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Ps. 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Ps. 32:11
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Ps. 33:1
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Ps. 33:21
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

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

Ps. 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Ps. 35:24
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Ps. 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Ps. 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Ps. 40:16
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

Ps. 48:11
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Ps. 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Ps. 53:6
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Ps. 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Ps. 60:6
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Ps. 63:7
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Ps. 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Ps. 65:8
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Ps. 65:12
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

Ps. 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Ps. 68:3
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Ps. 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

Ps. 70:4
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Ps. 71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Ps. 85:6
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Ps. 86:4
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Ps. 89:12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Ps. 89:16
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Ps. 89:42
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Ps. 90:14
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Ps. 96:11
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

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

Ps. 97:1
The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

Ps. 97:12
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

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

Ps. 104:31
The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

Ps. 105:3
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

Ps. 106:5
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Ps. 107:42
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Ps. 108:7
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Ps. 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Ps. 118:24
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Ps. 119:162
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

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

Prov. 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Prov. 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Prov. 23:15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Prov. 23:16
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Prov. 23:24
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Prov. 23:25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Prov. 24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Prov. 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Prov. 28:12
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Prov. 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Prov. 29:6
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Prov. 31:25
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Eccl. 3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Eccl. 3:22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Eccl. 4:16
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Eccl. 11:8
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Eccl. 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Song. 1:4
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Isa. 8:6
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

Isa. 9:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Isa. 13:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

Isa. 14:8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Isa. 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Isa. 23:12
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

Isa. 24:8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Isa. 25:9
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Isa. 29:19
The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 35:1
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Isa. 35:2
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

Isa. 41:16
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 61:7
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

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. 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Isa. 65:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

Isa. 65:18
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

Isa. 65:19
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Isa. 66:10
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

Isa. 66:14
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

Jer. 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jer. 32:41
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Jer. 51:39
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.

Lam. 2:17
The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Lam. 4:21
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

Ezek. 7:12
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezek. 35:15
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Hosea 9:1
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

Joel 2:21
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

Amos 6:13
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

Hab. 1:15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Hab. 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Zeph. 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

Zeph. 3:14
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Zeph. 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Zech. 2:10
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

Zech. 4:10
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Zech. 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Zech. 10:7
And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.