Verse 2

Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 95:2 : 2 Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs!
  • Deut 28:47 : 47 Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice!
  • 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
  • 2 Chr 20:27-28 : 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
  • Ps 63:4-5 : 4 So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
  • Ps 71:23 : 23 My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
  • Acts 2:46-47 : 46 Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.