Joy in the Bible: 165 times in the King James Version

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

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joy KJV

“Joy” is in the King James Bible 165 times, in 155 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

16 more, less often

12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.