13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Joy
• Prayer
• Worship

• Earthquake at Philippi

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1Pet 4:14 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• 1Thess 5:16 — Rejoice evermore.
• 2Chr 7:1 — Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
• 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
• 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• Acts 2:2 — And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
• Acts 4:31 — And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
• Acts 5:41 — And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t
• Acts 16:33 — And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
• Col 1:24 — Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
• Col 3:15 — And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
• Dan 3:20 — And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
• Eph 5:19 — Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
• Eph 5:19 — Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
• Ezra 3:12 — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice;
• Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Isa 30:29 — Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
• Jas 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• Jas 5:13 — Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
• Job 35:10 — But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
• Job 35:10 — But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
• John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
• Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• Luke 22:44 — And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
• Mark 10:30 — But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
• Matt 5:10 — Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• Matt 26:38 — Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
• Phil 2:17 — Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
• Phil 4:4 — Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
• Phil 4:4 — Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
• Prov 15:15 — All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
• Ps 18:7 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
• Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
• Ps 34:1 — I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
• Ps 34:1 — I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.