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.

But He will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

I said to laughter - Madness! And to mirth, Why do you do this?

He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless, and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.

(41:20) Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

But the Lord shall laugh at him; for He foresees that his day will come.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter change into mourning and your joy into dejection.

Then was our mouth filled with joy, and our tongue with exaltation; then would they say among the Gentiles, The Lord has done great things among them.

But You, O Lord, shall laugh them to scorn; You will utterly set at nought all the heathen.

And Sarah laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.And the Lord said to Abraham, Why is it that Sarah has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? But I have grown old.Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At the appointed time I shall return to you, and Sarah shall have a son.But Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And He said to her, No, but you did laugh!

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;

therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.

And the righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

Grief mingles not with mirth, and joy in the end comes to grief.

And Sarah said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me.

As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools. This is also vanity.

A glad heart promotes health, but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.

She puts on strength and honor, and rejoices in the last days.

You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me with joy with Your countenance: at Your right hand there are delights forever.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

For you shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness; for the mountains and the hills shall exalt to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.

Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, but blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

You have put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their grain and wine and oil.

They went on and wept as they cast their seeds; but they shall surely come with exaltation, bringing their sheaves with them.

A man has nothing good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given to him power to eat thereof, and to receive 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; for God troubles him in the joy of his heart.

Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry. And this shall attend him in his labor all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favorably accepted your works.Let your garments be always white; and let not oil be lacking on your head.And see life with the wife whom you love, all the days of the life of your vanity, which are given to you under the sun; for that is your portion in your life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

But they shall find in her joy and exaltation; for behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy.And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and will be glad in My people; and there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of crying.

The Lord your God is in you; the Mighty One shall save you: He shall bring joy upon you, and shall refresh you with His love; and He shall rejoice over you with delight as in a day of feasting.

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

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation; establish me with Your directing Spirit.

A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man, but a good message rejoices him.

The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in Him, and I am helped; my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to Him.

Be glad in the Lord, and exalt, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart!

You have turned my mourning into joy for me; You have removed my sackcloth, and have clothed me with gladness;that my glory may sing praise to You, and I may not be pierced with sorrow. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

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

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

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

When the heart rejoices, the countenance is cheerful, but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.

The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things, but the good are always quiet.

The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart, and a good report fattens the bones.

It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment, but a holy man is abominable with evildoers.

A great snare is spread for a sinner, but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.

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

Rejoice always!

For David, when his land was established. The Lord reigns, let the earth exalt, let many islands rejoice.

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exalt and rejoice in it.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with exaltation.

Joy rests long with the righteous, but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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

The multitude of the people which you have brought down in your joy, they shall even rejoice before you as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.

Consume them, and Your word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart. For Your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.

But let the righteous rejoice; let them exalt before God: let them be delighted with joy.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad with Your work; and in the operations of Your hands will I rejoice.

I say to you that likewise there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.

Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.

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

Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,

And these things we write to you that our joy may be fulfilled.

But even if I am being poured upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice; yea, and I rejoice with you all.For the same reason you also rejoice and rejoice together with me.

Let Israel rejoice in Him that made him; and let the children of Zion exalt in their King.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen 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 were carrying a paralytic to Him lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Have courage, child; your sins are forgiven you."

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names have been written in heaven."

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were sharing food with joy and simplicity of heart,

Great is my confidence toward you, great is my boasting concerning you. I have been filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord. Let my soul rejoice in the Lord; for He has clothed me with the robe of salvation, and the garment of joy; He has put a turban on me as on a bridegroom, and adorned me with ornaments as a bride.

Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.

For our heart shall rejoice in Him, and we have hoped in His holy name.

But my soul shall exalt in the Lord; it shall delight in His salvation.

I have inherited Your testimonies forever; for they are the joy of my heart.

A Song of Degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Zion, we became as those that are comforted.Then was our mouth filled with joy, and our tongue with exaltation; then would they say among the Gentiles, The Lord has done great things among them.The Lord has done great things for us, we became joyful.

Most assuredly I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be grieved, but your grief will be turned into joy.

Good words are like honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

For by the help of the Lord they shall return, and come to Zion with joy and everlasting exaltation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head; pain, grief, and groaning have fled away.

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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

If your enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.

And David sounded with well-tuned instruments before the Lord, and David was clothed with a fine long robe.And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the City of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw King David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you who have been filled, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Then shall you see, and fear, and be amazed in your heart; for the wealth of the sea shall come round to you, and of nations and peoples; and herds of camels shall come to you,

And the governor said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for this day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.

For You have been my helper, and in the shelter of Your wings will I rejoice.

and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

and shall return, and come to Zion with joy, and everlasting joy shall be over their head; for on their head shall be praise and exaltation, and joy shall take possession of them; sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.

Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

But let all that trust in You be glad in You: they shall rejoice forever, and You shall dwell among them; and all that love Your name shall rejoice in You.

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,giving thanks always concerning all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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