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.

until He fills your mouth with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.

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

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall mock at them.

You shall laugh at violence and at famine; and you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.

the Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming.

Be distressed, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy into shame.

Then our mouth was full of laughter, and our tongue gave a ringing cry of joy; then they said among the nations, Jehovah will work great things with these.

But You, O Jehovah, shall laugh at them; you shall mock at all the nations.

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After my being old, shall there be pleasure to me; my lord also being old?And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why has Sarah laughed at this, saying, Indeed, truly shall I bear, even I who am old?Is anything too difficult for Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, at the time of life, and there will be a son to Sarah.And Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.

Blessed are those hungering now, for you will be filled. Blessed are the ones weeping now, for you will laugh.

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

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your dread comes;

Grief is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

And the righteous ones shall see and fear; yea, they will laugh over him, saying,

Even in laughter pain is in the heart and in its end that joy is grief.

And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh with me.

For as the sound of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. And this also is vanity.

A joyful heart makes good healing, but a stricken spirit dries the bones.

Strength and honor are her clothing, and she laughs at the day to come.

You will make Me know the way of life. In Your presence is fullness of joys; at Your right hand are pleasures forever.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with a ringing cry of joy.

For you shall go out with joy and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break out into song before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap the palm.

Blessed are the peoples that are so; blessed are the peoples whose God is Jehovah!

You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time their grain and their wine became great.

Walking he who walks and weeps, bearing a trail of seed, shall come again with a ringing cry of joy, bearing his sheaves.

Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labor? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Also every man to whom God has given riches and treasures, and gives him power to eat of it, and to take his share, and to rejoice in being a laborer; it 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 praised mirth, because nothing is good for man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be glad. For that shall join with him in his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a good heart, for God now is pleased with your works.Let your garments be white at every time; and let your head lack no oil.Look on life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which He gave you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. For that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you as a laborer do under the sun.

to appoint to the mourning ones of Zion, to give them beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the spirit of infirmity, so that one calls them trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, in order to beautify Himself.

But, be glad and rejoice till forever in what I create. For, behold, I create in Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people. And the voice of weeping and the voice of crying shall no longer be heard in her.

Jehovah your God is a mighty One in your midst; He will save. He will rejoice over you with joy; He is silent in His love. He rejoices over you with a joyful shout.

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

Until now you asked nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be filled.

And now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world, that they may have My joy having been fulfilled in them.

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

Anxiety in a man’s heart makes it depressed, but a good word makes it glad.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; yea, my heart greatly rejoices, and I will thank Him with my song.

Be glad in Jehovah and rejoice, you righteous ones; and all the upright in heart, give a ringing cry of joy.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have loosed my sackcloth and have clothed me with gladness.So my glory shall praise You, and not be quiet; O Jehovah, my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Rejoice and be exceeding joyful, for your reward is great in Heaven; for in this way they persecuted the prophets, the ones before you.

And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful over a few things; I will set you over many. Enter into the joy of your lord.

Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

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

A joyful heart makes a good face, but by pain of heart the spirit is stricken.

All the days of the afflicted one are evil days, but a good heart is a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, a good report makes the bones fat.

It is joy to the righteous one to do justice, but ruin shall come to the workers of iniquity.

An evil man is a snare by transgression, but the righteous ones sing and rejoice.

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

Rejoice always.

Jehovah reigns! Let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.

This is the day Jehovah has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Worship Jehovah with gladness; come before His face with joyful singing.

The expectation of the righteous ones is joyful, but the hope of the wicked ones shall perish.

And you shall draw waters out of the wells of salvation with joy.

You have not multiplied the nation; You have not increased the joy. They rejoice before You as in the joy of harvest, as men shout when they divide the plunder.

Your words were found and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart. For I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

But the righteous ones are glad; they shout for joy before God; yea, they exult with gladness.

For You have made me glad with Your work, O Jehovah; I will sing out in the works of Your hands.

I say to you that so is joy in Heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.

I say to you, So there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner repenting.

rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is much in Heaven! For their fathers did according to these things to the prophets.

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

whom having not known, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing, you exult with joy unspeakable and being glorified,

And we write these things to you, that your joy may be full.

But if indeed I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice; yea, I rejoice with you all.And you also rejoice in the same and rejoice with me.

Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken from them, and then they will fast.

And, behold! They were bringing a paralytic lying on a cot to Him. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed one, Have courage, child. Your sins have been remitted.

And he will be joy and exultation to you, and many will rejoice over his birth.

But do not rejoicing in this, that the evil spirits are subject to you but, rather rejoice that your names are written in Heaven.

And according to a day continuing steadfastly with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food in great joy and simplicity of heart,

My boldness toward you is great. My boasting on your behalf is much. I have been filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy on all our affliction.

Rejoicing I will rejoice in Jehovah. My soul shall be joyful in my God. For He clothed me with garments of salvation; He put on me the robe of righteousness, even as a bridegroom puts on his head-dress, and as a bride puts on her ornaments.

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

For our heart rejoices in Him because we trust in His holy name.

And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it will rejoice in His salvation.

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

A Song of Ascents. When Jehovah turned back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream.Then our mouth was full of laughter, and our tongue gave a ringing cry of joy; then they said among the nations, Jehovah will work great things with these.Jehovah did great things to work with us; we are glad.

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and will lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be grieved, but your grief will become joy.

Combs of honey are sayings of pleasantness, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

Yea, the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be on their head; gladness and joy shall overtake them; sorrow and sighing shall flee.

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

as being grieved, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles,

And David was dancing with all his might before Jehovah. And David was girded with a linen ephod.And David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of a rams’ horn.And it happened, when the ark of Jehovah had come to the city of David, and Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah, she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you, The ones having been filled, for you will hunger! Woe to you, The one laughing now, for you will mourn and lament!

Then you shall see and be bright; and your heart shall dread and enlarge. For the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you; the wealth of nations shall come to you.

Then he said to them, Go eat the fat, and drink of the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your refuge.

For You have been a help to me, and I will rejoice under the shadow of Your wings.

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

And ones being ransomed of Jehovah shall return and enter Zion with a ringing cry of joy. and with everlasting joy on their head; gladness and joy shall reach them, and sorrow and sighing shall flee.

for then you will delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.

But all putting their trust in You shall be joyful; they shall shout for joy forever, because You cover them. And those who love Your name shall be joyful in You.

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming in your heart to the Lord,giving thanks at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, even to God the Father,

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