Bible Verses about “laughing”
The Bible contains 18 verses about laughing across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.”
“¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
“The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.”
“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”
“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.›”
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.”
“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.”
“Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
“Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.”
“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
“And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?”
“Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.”
“‹Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.›”
“¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.”