Bible Verses about “laughter”
The Bible contains 12 verses about laughter 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;”
“¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
“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.”
“¶ All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.”
“¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.”