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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.
I said, ‘It is foolish to laugh all the time. If I only try to please myself, it does not really help me.’
The Lord who sits on his throne in heaven laughs at them. He says that their plans are useless.
If you hit it with a heavy stick, that hurts it no more than a piece of straw. If you throw a spear at it, it laughs!
But the Lord God laughs at those wicked people, because he knows that their day of punishment will come.
Be sorry about your sins and weep. Stop laughing and instead be sad. Do not be happy but be very upset.
At that time, we laughed a lot. We sang with joy because we were so happy! People in other countries said to each other, ‘The Lord has done great things for them!’
So Sarah laughed to herself. She thought, ‘I have become old and weak. My husband is also old. I will never have a baby and be happy like that.’Then the Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh like that? She said, “I am too old to have a child.”But surely, nothing is too difficult for the Lord to do. At this time next year, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.’Sarah was afraid, so she told a lie. She said, ‘I did not laugh.’ But the Lord said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’
Happy are you people who are hungry now. God will feed you until you are full. Happy are you people who are crying now. Later, you will laugh.
There is a time to weep. There is a time to laugh. There is a time to be sad. There is a time to dance.
If you are sad, that is better for you than to laugh all the time. We learn more about ourselves when we are sad.
Righteous people will see what has happened, and they will be afraid. Then they will laugh at the wicked person, and they will say,
Somebody may be upset even when he is laughing. After his joy has gone, he will still be sad.
Sarah said, ‘Now God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about what has happened will be happy with me.’
If you use thorn bushes to make a fire, they make a lot of noise but they burn too quickly. When a foolish person laughs, their noise also has no purpose.
If you are happy in life, you will be healthy. But if you are sad and upset, your body will be weak.
She shows her strength and people respect her. She is not afraid of what will happen in the future.
You will lead me along the path of life. Because you are with me, I am very happy. I know that I will be with you for ever, and that makes me very happy!
When people went to plant seeds in their fields, they were crying. But they will be happy when they bring in the harvest!
You will leave that foreign land with joy! You will travel home with peace in your minds. The mountains and the hills will sing with joy as you travel past. The trees in the fields will clap their hands together!
When God does that for a nation, the people are truly happy! If people know that the Lord is their God, they are truly happy!
People were weeping when they took their bags of seeds to plant. But when they carry their crops back home, they will shout because they are so happy!
So I decided what is best for us to do. We should be happy to eat and to drink. And we should enjoy our work. I realized that all these things are gifts from God.
God gives some people a lot of money and valuable things. He helps them to enjoy those things and to be happy with their work. All of this is a gift from God.You should not speak too soon. Think carefully before you make a promise to God. God is in heaven and you are here on the earth. So do not say too much.People like that do not think a lot about what has happened in their lives. God helps them to be happy as they are busy with their work.
So I think that we should enjoy our lives. People should be happy to eat, drink and enjoy their lives. That is the best thing for them to do. It will help them to enjoy the work that they do during their lives. That is the life which God has given them on the earth.
So be happy as you eat your food. Be happy as you drink your wine. God is pleased with you as you do these things.Always dress yourself well in good clothes. Use as much sweet oil as you need on your head.Love your wife and enjoy your life together with her. God has given you your life. It is a short life and it is difficult to understand everything that happens. God wants you to enjoy these things as you do hard work during your life on the earth.
In that way, the people in Zion who are sad will become strong again. They will not put ashes on their heads any more. Instead, they will wear beautiful hats. Instead of weeping, they will have olive oil to show their joy. They will not feel upset, but they will sing happy songs to praise God. People will call them ‘Strong trees that show God's righteousness’. They will be like trees that the Lord himself has planted to show how great he is.
But be happy about what I will create! Be happy for ever! I will create Jerusalem as a happy place. The people who live there will be full of joy.And Jerusalem will cause me to be happy. My people will give me joy. There will be no noise of people who are weeping. People will not be sad in Jerusalem again.
The Lord, your God, is with you. He is strong, like a brave soldier. He will save you. He will be very happy because he is pleased with you! He will give you new life because of his love. He will sing with joy because you make him happy!’
I want you to be completely happy, in the same way that I myself am happy. That is why I have told you these things.
Until now, you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask God, and you will receive what you ask for. Then you will be completely happy.
Now, Father, I will come to you. I am saying these things while I am still in the world. Then these people, my disciples, can be completely happy. I want them to be completely happy in the same way that I am happy.
The Lord makes me strong. He keeps me safe like a shield. I trust in him completely, and he has helped me. I am very happy, and I will thank him with my songs.
So all you people who belong to the Lord, praise him and be happy! All of you who are good, honest people, shout aloud because you are so happy!
Now you have helped me to stop crying, so that I dance instead! I do not need to wear sackcloth, because I am no longer sad. Instead, you have made me very happy. So I am truly happy and I will sing to praise you. I cannot stay quiet! Lord, my God, I will continue to thank you for ever.
God is preparing many good things for you in heaven. So you should be very happy when people do these bad things to any of you. People did these same bad things to God's prophets who lived long ago.’
The master said to this servant, “You are a good servant and you have done really well. You were careful with a small amount of money. Now I will give you authority over many more things. Come now, and we will be happy together.”
If you are with someone who is happy, you should be happy too. If you are with someone who is sad, you should be sad too.
We belong to God's kingdom. The things that we eat and drink are not really important. These things are important: We should do what is right. We should have peace in our minds. We should be truly happy. God's Holy Spirit helps us to live like this.
When someone is happy, their face smiles. But when someone is sad, their spirit hurts.
Every day is difficult, if you have trouble in your mind. But if you are happy, every day is like a feast.
The sin of an evil person becomes a trap that catches him. But a righteous person sings with joy.
The Lord rules as king! Everyone on earth should be happy! The people who live on the shore of the seas should sing with joy!
What good people hope to receive causes them to be happy. But wicked people never receive what they hope for.
When God does that, it will make you very happy. You will be safe, like someone who gets plenty of good water from a well to drink.
You, Lord, will make your nation stronger. You will cause your people to be very happy. They will be happy because you are with them. They will be like people who are happy at the time of harvest. They will be happy like soldiers who have won a battle, and who share their enemy's valuable things among themselves.
As your words came to me, I took them into me like sweet food. I belong to you, Lord, God Almighty, so your words made me very happy.
But righteous people will be happy, when they come near to you. They will shout with joy, because they are so happy!
The things that you do, Lord, make me very happy. I sing with joy because of everything that your hands have made!
I tell you this. When one person turns back to God, it causes a lot of joy in heaven. There is more joy about that one person, than about 99 people who already obey God.’
In the same way, I tell you this. When one person turns back to God, it causes a lot of joy among God's angels in heaven.’
God will prepare many good things for you in heaven. So be very happy when people do these bad things to you! Jump up and down because you are so happy. Their ancestors did the same bad things to God's prophets long ago.
God is the one who causes us to hope for good things. I pray that God will bless you very much. I pray that he will cause you to be happy and to have peace in your minds. He will do this because you believe in him. As a result, God's Holy Spirit will make you strong with his power, so that you hope even more certainly.
You have never seen Jesus, but still you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him. As a result, you are very happy. There are no words to describe how happy you are.
You believe in Christ, and you are his servants. That is like you are offering yourselves as a sacrifice to God. Perhaps I will soon have to die. Then my blood would be like a drink offering that I am pouring on your sacrifice to please God. So, if I have to die now, I will be happy. And we should all be happy together.Yes, it is right that you should be happy, and I will also be happy with you.
People of Israel, be very happy, because God made you. People of Zion, be very happy, because God is your king.
Jesus answered them: ‘When a man marries, his friends cannot be sad. They cannot refuse to eat food while he is with them. But there will be a time when people will take the man away from his friends. At that time his friends will choose to fast.’
Some men came to see Jesus there. They carried with them a man who could not move his legs. He was lying on a mat. Jesus knew that they believed in him. He said to the man who could not walk, ‘Do not be afraid, my friend. I forgive you for the wrong things that you have done.’
But do not be happy because you have authority over bad spirits. God has written your names in his book in heaven. That is why you should be happy.’
The whole group of believers met together every day in the yard of the temple. They shared their food and they ate meals together in each other's homes. They were very happy and they were honest with each other.
I know you and I trust you. I am proud of you. You have helped me to be strong. So, even when we have many troubles, I am still very happy.
I am very happy, because of what the Lord, my God, has done. I have so much joy! He has given salvation to me, like clothes that I can wear all the time. I have his righteousness as my coat! He makes me handsome, like a bridegroom who wears a priest's hat. He makes me beautiful, like a bride who wears her jewels.
The Lord says this: ‘Young women will dance because they are happy. The young men and the old men will also be happy. I will cause them to laugh instead of weep. I will comfort them, so that they are happy instead of sad.
Then I will be happy because of what the Lord has done. I will be happy because he has made me safe.
When the Lord turned us around, so that we enjoyed a good life in Zion again, we thought that we were dreaming!At that time, we laughed a lot. We sang with joy because we were so happy! People in other countries said to each other, ‘The Lord has done great things for them!’Yes, the Lord has done great things for us. So we are very happy.
I tell you this. You will be sad and you will cry. But the people who belong to this world will be happy. Yes, you will be sad. But soon after that, you will become happy instead.
The people that the Lord has rescued will return from exile. They will sing with joy while they go into Zion city. Their joy will be like a crown that they wear on their heads for ever. They will continue to be very happy. They will never be sad or weep again.
The believers in Antioch continued to be very happy. The Holy Spirit completely filled them.
We seem to be sad, but really we are always happy. We seem to be poor, but we make many people rich. We seem to have nothing, but really we have everything.
—28— Do not shout with joy when your enemy falls down. Do not be happy when his foot slips.
David was wearing a linen ephod. He danced with all his strength to worship the Lord.He and all the Israelites brought the Lord's Covenant Box to Jerusalem. They shouted and they made a loud noise with trumpets.While they were bringing the Lord's Covenant Box into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out through a window. She saw what King David was doing. He was jumping and dancing to worship the Lord. Michal felt ashamed of him.
Listen, you people who are full with food now. It will be very bad for you and you will be hungry. Listen, you people who are laughing now. It will be very bad for you. You will be sad and you will cry.
As you see this, your eyes will shine with joy. Your hearts will beat fast, and you will be proud to see them. Traders will bring valuable things to you from lands across the seas. The riches of other nations will come to you.
Nehemiah said to the people, ‘Go to your homes and eat some good food. Drink sweet drinks. Share your food and your drink with people who do not have enough for themselves. This is a holy day for our Lord, so do not be sad. The Lord will give you joy so that you can be strong.’
You are the one who keeps me safe, as a bird protects its babies under its wings. So I sing happy songs.
If you do that, God will give you peace in your minds. That peace is so great that nobody can completely understand it. You will not worry or be afraid, because you belong to Christ Jesus.
He has paid the price to rescue them, and they will return home along it. They will be happy and they will sing, as they go into Zion city. They will be very happy for ever. They will never again be sad or upset. All the time they will be completely happy.
May all people who turn to you be happy! Make them always sing with joy, because you keep them safe. Take care of those who are faithful to you. Then they will be really happy.
He will help you to speak to each other with all kinds of spiritual songs. Sing psalms from the Bible, and Christian songs. Praise the Lord with songs from inside yourselves.Show that you love other people. Remember how much Christ loved us. He gave himself as a sacrifice on our behalf. He offered himself in a way that pleased God, like a sacrifice with a lovely smell.And always thank God the Father for everything, by our Lord Jesus Christ's name.