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 your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy.

I said about laughter,  ‘It is madness,’ and about pleasure, ‘What does this accomplish? ’

You will laugh at destruction and hunger and not fear the land’s wild creatures.

A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs  at the sound of a javelin.

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

So she laughed to herself: ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I have delight? ’ But the Lord asked Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old? ’Is anything impossible for the Lord?  At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.’ Sarah denied it. ‘I did not laugh,’ she said, because she was afraid. But he replied, ‘No, you did laugh.’

Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.

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

I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when terror strikes you,

Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Even in laughter a heart may be sad, and joy may end in grief.

Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.’  ,

for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

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

Strength  and honour are her clothing, and she can laugh at the time to come.

You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy  , his work.  I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Furthermore, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth,  he has also allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labour.  This is a gift of God,Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,  for this will accompany him in his labour during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting  life,  which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle  under the sun.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the  Lord to glorify him.

Then be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

The Lord your God is among you, a warrior  who saves. He will rejoice over you  with gladness. He will be quiet  in his love. He will delight in you with singing.’

‘I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

Until now you have asked for nothing in my name.   Ask and you will receive,   so that your joy may be complete.

Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them.

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted   the prophets who were before you.

‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.”

Rejoice with those who rejoice;  weep with those who weep.

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

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

All the days of the oppressed are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Bright eyes cheer the heart; good news strengthens  the bones.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to evildoers.

An evil person is caught by sin, but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Rejoice  always,

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

You will joyfully draw water from the springs of salvation,

You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy.  , The people have rejoiced before you as they rejoice at harvest time and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart, for I bear your name, Lord God of Armies.

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven   over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels   over one sinner who repents.’

‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note #– #your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe,  so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Though you have not seen  him, you love him;  though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice  with inexpressible and glorious joy,

We are writing these things  so that our  joy  may be complete.

But even if I am poured out  as a drink offering  on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.

Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests   be sad while the groom is with them? The time   will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Just then  some men  brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, ‘Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.’

There will be joy and delight for you, and many will rejoice at his birth.

However, don’t rejoice that   the spirits   submit to you,   but rejoice that your names are written   in heaven.’

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts,

I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

I rejoice greatly in the  Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Then the young women will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.

Truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn,   but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful,   but your sorrow will turn to joy.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste  and health to the body.  ,

And the ransomed of the  Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

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

as grieving, yet always rejoicing;  as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls, and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

David was dancing  with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod.He and the whole house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of the ram’s horn.As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David,  Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you who are now full, for you will be hungry. Woe to you   who are now laughing, for you will mourn and weep.

Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and rejoice, because the riches of the sea will become yours and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Then he said to them, ‘Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared,  since today  is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.’  ,

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

and the ransomed of the  Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Then you will delight   in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord,and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us,  a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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