Deuteronomy 12:7,18 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the LORD your God has blessed you. . . . you are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God . . . and you are to rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you put your hand to.

Deuteronomy 16:11-15 And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name . . . Be joyful at your Feast . . . For seven days celebrate the Feast to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose.

Deuteronomy 27:7 Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.

Esther 9:19 That is why rural Jews . . . observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving presents to each other.

Psalm 33:1-4 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.

Psalm 43:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 149:1-6 Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation. Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths . . .