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Bible Verses About Humor and Laughter

117 verses from Scripture about humor and laughter.

117 Verses

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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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.

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Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

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Ecclesiastes 3:4Ecclesiastes

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

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The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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Ephesians 5:4Ephesians

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

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Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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Philippians 4:4Philippians

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6Ecclesiastes

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

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All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

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Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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Ecclesiastes 10:19Ecclesiastes

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry : but money answereth all things.

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I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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Ecclesiastes 2:2Ecclesiastes

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

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Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

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But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

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The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

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Revelation 1:1Revelation

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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