An understanding of “joy” begins with the Old Testament.

In the Old Testament we see how a variety of human experiences resulted in “joy.”

1. __________________ (Song of Solomon 1:4)
2. __________________ (Prov. 5:18)
3. __________________ (Ps. 113:9) _______________ & _______________ (Isa. 9:3)
4. __________________ (Lk. 15:4-7)
5. __________________ (Lk. 15:11-32)
6. __________________ (Mt. 13:44)
7. __________________ (Phil. 2:28)
8. __________________ (Heb. 13:17)
9. __________________ (Ps. 32:11)
10. __________________ (Ps. 40:16)
11. __________________ (Ps. 63:11)
12. __________________ (Ps. 119:14)
13. __________________ (Neh. 8:10)
14. __________________ (Ex. 18:9-11).
15. __________________ (Deut. 16:13-15; Ps. 122:1)
16. __________________ (Mt. 13:20)
17. __________________ (Jn. 3:29-30)
18. __________________ (Lk. 24:52)
19. __________________ (Lk. 1:14)
20. __________________ (2 Cor. 8:2)
21. __________________ (Heb. 12:2, 11)
22. __________________ (Jas. 1:2)
23. __________________ (Jn. 16:20)
24. __________________ (Jn. 16:21)
25. __________________ (Lk. 10:20)
26. __________________ (Mt. 25:21)
27. __________________ (Gal. 5:22)
28. __________________ (3 Jn. 4)