19 Bijbelverzen over vreugde en geluk, inclusief vreugde in verdriet

Scripture puts joy and grief in the same sentence more often than the familiar joy-versus-happiness distinction allows. Jesus tells the disciples they have sorrow now and that their hearts will rejoice (John 16:22). Psalm 30 sets weeping at night beside joy in the morning. Habakkuk lists a complete harvest failure and then says yet I will rejoice. Scripture also gives joy a location rather than a mood: in your presence there is fullness of joy, and Jesus speaks of his…