Psalms 100:2

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“Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.”

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BSBPD

“Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 100:2 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  2. Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  3. Deuteronomy 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  4. Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
  5. 1 Kings 8:66On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  6. 2 Chronicles 20:27Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
  7. 2 Chronicles 29:30Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
  8. 2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
  9. Psalms 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
  10. Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
  11. Psalms 71:23When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
  12. Psalms 95:2Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
  13. Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  14. Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
  15. Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

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