97 Bible Verses about Laughter

I've found that God can turn my tears into dancing, replacing my pain with joy so that I can live with a happy heart. Life throws curveballs, no doubt, but I see those challenges as opportunities to lean on God, to truly know Him, and to live confidently in His powerful love.

So, I encourage you to smile. Laugh! Show whatever you're facing that you are more than a conqueror through Christ. Let joy fill you because of what the Lord is going to do in your life. Don't get bogged down in what's happening right now. Your joy will be restored, and you'll be able to laugh about the future because you have hope in the Lord, the One who lifts you up, sustains you, and never leaves your side.

Laugh, even if you're alone. Let your laughter ring out and confuse those things that try to bring you down. Even when things are tough, remember your Creator won't leave you on the ground. He'll lift you up, fight for you, give you victory, and help you break free from pain and fear.

You'll find your mouth filled with laughter, constantly praising His greatness, and your eyes will continue to see His goodness in this life.

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.

I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision.

At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

LORD will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, LORD has done great things for them.

But thou, O LORD, will laugh at them. Thou will have all the nations in derision.

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old?And LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I who am old certainly bear a child?Is anything too hard for LORD? At the set time I will return to thee, when the season comes round, and Sarah shall have a son.Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said, No, but thou did laugh.

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

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

I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying],

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

And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.

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

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Thou made known to (LXX/NT) me the path of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance (LXX/NT).

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

blessed [are] the people who are in such a case. Blessed are the people whose God is LORD.

Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

He who goes forth and weeps, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves.

There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers [him] in the joy of his heart.

Then I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be cheerful. For that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.Live joyfully with the wife whom thou love all the days of thy life of vanity, which he has given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity. For that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor in which thou labor under the sun.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of LORD, that

But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create. For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people. And there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing.

These things I have spoken to you that my joy may dwell in you, and your joy may be full.

Until now ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

And now I come to thee. And I speak these things in the world, so that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.

Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

Be glad in LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. And shout for joy, all ye who are upright in heart.

Thou have turned for me my mourning into dancing. Thou have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness,to the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat.

It is joy to the righteous to do justice, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

Rejoice in Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.

Rejoice always.

LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice. Let the multitude of isles be glad.

This is the day which LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Serve LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Therefore with joy ye shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Thou have multiplied the nation. Thou have increased their joy. They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts.

But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

For thou, LORD, have made me glad through thy work. I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did in the same way to the prophets.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of Holy Spirit.

Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

And we write these things to you, so that our joy may be made full.

Yet even if I am poured out a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.And in the same way, ye also be glad and rejoice with me.

Let Israel rejoice in him who made him. Let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

And there will be joy and exultation for thee, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.

And continuing steadfastly, daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of nourishment in gladness and evenness of heart,

Great is my boldness toward you, great is my pride for you. I have been filled with encouragement. I over-abound with joy in all our affliction.

I will greatly rejoice in LORD. My soul shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name.

And my soul shall be joyful in LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, LORD has done great things for them.LORD has done great things for us. We are glad.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. Ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become into joy.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

And the ransomed of LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy, [and] sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And the disciples were filled with joy and Holy Spirit.

as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

And David danced before LORD with all his might. And David was girded with a linen ephod.So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.And it was so, as the ark of LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.

Then thou shall see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to thee. The wealth of the nations shall come to thee.

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD; neither be ye grieved, for the joy of LORD is your strength.

For thou have been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

And the ransomed of LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion. And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

But let all those who take refuge in thee rejoice. Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defend them. Let those also who love thy name be joyful in thee.

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and striking strings in your heart to the Lord,expressing thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,

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