and brings deep darkness to light.
Job 12:22
For it is you who light my lamp;
the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Psalms 18:28
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
Psalms 107:14
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Psalms 112:4
If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the
afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
Isaiah 58:10
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
I will bear the indignation of the LORD
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Micah 7:8-9
Because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1:78-79
I have come into the world as light,
so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
John 12:46
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
Job 8:21
God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.
Job 35:10
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalms 16:11
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 19:8
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Psalms 30:5
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
Psalms 30:11
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalms 40:3
You make the going out of the morning and the evening
to shout for joy.
Psalms 65:8
Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Psalms 97:11
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.
All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you,
delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
Psalms 35:9-10
Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;
instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;
therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;
they shall have everlasting joy.
Isaiah 61:7
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD…
their life shall be like a watered garden,
and they shall languish no more.
Jeremiah 31:12
Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
and my people shall be satisfied
with my goodness, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:13-14
If you keep my commandments,
you will abide in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you,
that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 15:10-11