Top 16 Bible Verses About Celebration

No matter what you are celebrating, the Bible give plenty of examples of what celebration is and how celebrations are to be held. Here are the top 16 Bible verses about celebration!

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and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

- Deuteronomy 14:26

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But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

- 1 Peter 4:13

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What will you do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the LORD?

- Hosea 9:5

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And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the LORD. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

- 2 Chronicles 30:22

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Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

- Acts 16:34

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If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

- 1 Corinthians 12:26

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And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.

- Judges 9:27

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And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

- Acts 15:31

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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

- Zechariah 9:9

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“Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things!

- Joel 2:21

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These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.

- Psalm 42:4

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Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

- 1 Chronicles 16:10

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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

- Philippians 4:4

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Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

- 1 Peter 1:8

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This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

- Psalm 118:24

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The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

- Zephaniah 3:17

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Total Quotes Found: 16

5 Stories From The Bible About Celebrations

Here are 5 stories from the Bible about celebrations.

A Day for Gladness

It was shortly after the Jews were spared from certain death by an evil plot that all of “the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another” (Esther 9:19).  Who could blame them?  By God’s providence, Queen Esther stepped up and saved the Jews, so it was a day for gladness and a time to celebrate because the Jewish people would not be annihilated.

Celebrate and Be Glad

After the Prodigal Son returned, the oldest son was angry.  He had been faithful all those years, but the son had squandered his inheritance.  Even so, the father said to his oldest son, “It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found” (Luke 15:32).  Some of the most joyous occasions for me are when I hear someone’s been saved.  I rejoice with the angels in heaven, and it’s both right and proper to celebrate such a new birth!

Praise in His Sanctuary

When we come together in corporate worship, we ought to “Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens” (Psalm 150:1), for He is most worthy!  That’s what worship is…giving to God what is His worth, so we ought to celebrate together the victory that Christ has won through Calvary.

Celebrate Together

It’s no fun to keep good news to one’s own self.  Your first inclination is to share the good news and celebrate, isn’t it?  Isn’t celebrating together with others more fun that celebrating alone?  Can you even celebrate if you don’t have someone to share your good news with, but there’s most certainly a time to say, Lets “bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate” (Luke 15:23).

Praying About Burdens

The day is coming when the Lord our God, Jesus Christ, will say to some, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master” (Matthew 25:21), and try to imagine what joy that must be!  It’s hard to wrap my mind around today about what awaits the children of God when the New Jerusalem descends out of heaven (Revelation 21:1-2).

Celebrations are more fun when shared, and the good news we have to share brings is the greatest news there is.   A person who was dead in their sins but made alive by the Spirit of God (Ephesians 2:1-4) is worth celebrating.  So are wedding anniversaries, birthdays and other special occasions, but most of all, we should celebrate when someone has been born again by the Spirit of God (John 3:4-8).

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