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rejoice

Meaning of “rejoice”

1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

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192 occurrences183 verses38 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 23:40

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Proverbs 2:14

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Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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1611 witness · Proverbs 2:14 · retained source text

Who reioyce to doe euill, and delight in the frowardnesse of the wicked.

Proverbs 5:18

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

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1611 witness · Proverbs 5:18 · retained source text

Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 23:15

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My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:15 · retained source text

My sonne, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall reioyce, euen mine.

1611 marginal noteOr, euen I wil reioyce.

Proverbs 23:16

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Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:16 · retained source text

Yea my reines shall reioyce, when thy lippes speake right things.

Proverbs 23:24

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

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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:24 · retained source text

The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.

1611 marginal noteChap.10.1. & 15.20.

Proverbs 23:25

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Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:25 · retained source text

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

Proverbs 24:17

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Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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1611 witness · Proverbs 24:17 · retained source text

Reioyce not when thine enemie falleth: and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

1611 marginal notePsal.35.15. chap.17 5. iob.31.29.

Proverbs 27:9

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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 27:9 · retained source text

Oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart: so doeth the sweetnesse of a mans friend by heartie counsell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the counsell of the soule.

Proverbs 28:12

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

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When righteous men do reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

1611 marginal noteOr, sought for.

1611 marginal noteIohn 11.10 eccles.10.6 and ver. 28.

Proverbs 29:2

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

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1611 witness · Proverbs 29:2 · retained source text

When the righteous are in authoritie, the people reioyce: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourne.

1611 marginal noteOr, increased.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.10. and 28.28. eccles. 10.5.

Complete reference index — all 183 verses

Leviticus 23:40 Deuteronomy 12:7 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:18 Deuteronomy 14:26 Deuteronomy 16:11 Deuteronomy 16:14 Deuteronomy 16:15 Deuteronomy 26:11 Deuteronomy 27:7 Deuteronomy 28:63 Deuteronomy 30:9 Deuteronomy 32:43 Deuteronomy 33:18 Judges 9:19 Judges 16:23 1 Samuel 2:1 1 Samuel 19:5 2 Samuel 1:20 1 Chronicles 16:10 1 Chronicles 16:31 1 Chronicles 16:32 2 Chronicles 6:41 2 Chronicles 20:27 Nehemiah 12:43 Job 3:22 Job 20:18 Job 21:12 Psalms 2:11 Psalms 5:11 Psalms 9:2 Psalms 9:14 Psalms 13:4 Psalms 13:5 Psalms 14:7 Psalms 20:5 Psalms 21:1 Psalms 30:1 Psalms 31:7 Psalms 32:11 Psalms 33:1 Psalms 33:21 Psalms 35:9 Psalms 35:19 Psalms 35:24 Psalms 35:26 Psalms 38:16 Psalms 40:16 Psalms 48:11 Psalms 51:8 Psalms 53:6 Psalms 58:10 Psalms 60:6 Psalms 63:7 Psalms 63:11 Psalms 65:8 Psalms 65:12 Psalms 66:6 Psalms 68:3 Psalms 68:4 Psalms 70:4 Psalms 71:23 Psalms 85:6 Psalms 86:4 Psalms 89:12 Psalms 89:16 Psalms 89:42 Psalms 90:14 Psalms 96:11 Psalms 96:12 Psalms 97:1 Psalms 97:12 Psalms 98:4 Psalms 104:31 Psalms 105:3 Psalms 106:5 Psalms 107:42 Psalms 108:7 Psalms 109:28 Psalms 118:24 Psalms 119:162 Psalms 149:2 Proverbs 2:14 Proverbs 5:18 Proverbs 23:15 Proverbs 23:16 Proverbs 23:24 Proverbs 23:25 Proverbs 24:17 Proverbs 27:9 Proverbs 28:12 Proverbs 29:2 Proverbs 29:6 Proverbs 31:25 Ecclesiastes 3:12 Ecclesiastes 3:22 Ecclesiastes 4:16 Ecclesiastes 5:19 Ecclesiastes 11:8 Ecclesiastes 11:9 Song of Solomon 1:4 Isaiah 8:6 Isaiah 9:3 Isaiah 13:3 Isaiah 14:8 Isaiah 14:29 Isaiah 23:12 Isaiah 24:8 Isaiah 25:9 Isaiah 29:19 Isaiah 35:1 Isaiah 35:2 Isaiah 41:16 Isaiah 61:7 Isaiah 61:10 Isaiah 62:5 Isaiah 65:13 Isaiah 65:18 Isaiah 65:19 Isaiah 66:10 Isaiah 66:14 Jeremiah 31:13 Jeremiah 32:41 Jeremiah 51:39 Lamentations 2:17 Lamentations 4:21 Ezekiel 7:12 Ezekiel 35:15 Hosea 9:1 Joel 2:21 Joel 2:23 Amos 6:13 Micah 7:8 Habakkuk 1:15 Habakkuk 3:18 Zephaniah 3:11 Zephaniah 3:14 Zephaniah 3:17 Zechariah 2:10 Zechariah 4:10 Zechariah 9:9 Zechariah 10:7 Matthew 5:12 Luke 1:14 Luke 6:23 Luke 10:20 Luke 15:6 Luke 15:9 Luke 19:37 John 4:36 John 5:35 John 14:28 John 16:20 John 16:22 Acts 2:26 Romans 5:2 Romans 12:15 Romans 15:10 1 Corinthians 7:30 1 Corinthians 12:26 2 Corinthians 2:3 2 Corinthians 7:9 2 Corinthians 7:16 Galatians 4:27 Philippians 1:18 Philippians 2:16 Philippians 2:17 Philippians 2:18 Philippians 2:28 Philippians 3:1 Philippians 3:3 Philippians 4:4 Colossians 1:24 1 Thessalonians 5:16 James 1:9 James 4:16 1 Peter 1:6 1 Peter 1:8 1 Peter 4:13 Revelation 11:10 Revelation 12:12 Revelation 18:20 Revelation 19:7

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