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.

even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.

Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: "Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?"

He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.

Be afflicted: mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your gladness into sorrow.

It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.

God has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles.

And she laughed secretly, saying, "After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?"Then the Lord said to Abraham: "Why did Sarah laugh, saying: 'How can I, an old woman, actually give birth?'Is anything difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son."Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, "It is not so; for you did laugh."

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh.

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

Similarly, I will ridicule you at your demise, and I will mock you, when that which you feared shall overcome you.

It is better to go to a house of mourning, than to a house of feasting. For in the former, we are admonished about the end of all things, so that the living consider what may be in the future.

They have not called upon God. In that place, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who please men. They have been confounded, because God has spurned them.

Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy.

And Sarah said: "God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh with me."

It is better to be corrected by a wise man, than to be deceived by the false praise of the foolish.

A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.

Strength and elegance are her clothing, and she will laugh in the final days.

They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

For you will go forth rejoicing, and you will be led forward in peace. The mountains and the hills will sing praise before you, and all the trees of the countryside will clap their hands.

O Lord, all eyes hope in you, and you provide their food in due time.

The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.

Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.

And then he will not fully remember the days of his life, because God occupies his heart with delights.Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.

And so, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun.

So then, go and eat your bread with rejoicing, and drink your wine with gladness. For your works are pleasing to God.Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun.

to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.

But you will be glad and exult, even forever, in these things that I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem as an exultation, and its people as a joy.And I will exult in Jerusalem, and I will rejoice in my people. And neither a voice of weeping, nor a voice of outcry, will be heard in her anymore.

The Lord your God is the strength in your midst; he will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. In his love, he will be silent. He will exult over you with praise.

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

Until now, you have not requested anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.

And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves.

Grief in the heart of a man humbles him. And with a good word he shall be made glad.

The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.

be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

His lord said to him: 'Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the gladness of your lord.'

Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Weep with those who are weeping.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

A rejoicing heart gladdens the face. But by the grief of the soul, the spirit is cast down.

All the days of the poor are evil. A secure mind is like a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the soul. A good reputation fattens the bones.

It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.

A snare will entangle the iniquitous when he sins. And the just shall praise and be glad.

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

Rejoice always.

A Psalm of David himself. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has performed wonders. His right hand has accomplished salvation for him, with his holy arm.

For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.

And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

The expectation of the just is rejoicing. But the hope of the impious will perish.

You will draw water with gladness from the fountains of the Savior.

You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the rejoicing. They will rejoice before you, like those who rejoice at the harvest, like the victorious exulting after capturing the prey, when they divide the spoils.

I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.

I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.

My throne is prepared from of old. You are from everlasting.

I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant."

Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.

So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full.

Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you.And over this same thing, you also should rejoice and give thanks, together with me.

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king.

And Jesus said to them: "How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Be strengthened in faith, son; your sins are forgiven you."

And there will be joy and exultation for you, and many will rejoice in his nativity.

Yet truly, do not choose to rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Also, they continued, daily, to be of one accord in the temple and to break bread among the houses; and they took their meals with exultation and simplicity of heart,

Great is my confidence in you. Great is my glorying over you. I have been filled with consolation. I have a superabundant joy throughout all our tribulation.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.

Then the virgin will rejoice with singing, the young and the old together, and I will turn their mourning into gladness, and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.

The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.

A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall mourn and weep, but the world will rejoice. And you shall be greatly saddened, yet your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones.

And now, those who have been redeemed by the Lord will return. And they will arrive in Zion, praising. And everlasting rejoicing will be upon their heads. They will take hold of gladness and rejoicing. Anguish and mourning will flee away.

The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit.

as if sorrowful and yet always rejoicing; as if needy and yet enriching many; as if having nothing and possessing everything.

When your enemy will fall, do not be glad, and do not let your heart exult in his ruin,

And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.And David, and all the house of Israel, were leading the ark of the testament of the Lord, with jubilation and the sound of the trumpet.And when the ark of the Lord had entered into the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord. And she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.

And he said to them: "Go, eat fat foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have not prepared for themselves. For it is the holy day of the Lord. And do not be sad. For the joy of the Lord is also our strength."

They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,

And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted, and they will return to Zion with praising. And everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and rejoicing. For pain and sorrow will flee away.

Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.

Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts,And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.

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