Bible Verses about “humor and laughter”
The Bible contains 16 verses about humor and laughter across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
“¶ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.”
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.”
“The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.”
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”
“¶ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.”
“‹Blessed› [are ye] ‹that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed› [are ye] ‹that weep now: for ye shall laugh.›”
“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.”
“Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.”
“Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.”
“For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.”
“Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.”
“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.”