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 laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.

You shall laugh at destruction and famine, And you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.

The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

But You, O Lord, shall laugh at them; You shall have all the nations in derision.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “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 mourn, And a time to dance;

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,

Sorrow is better than laughter, For by a sad countenance the heart is made better.

The righteous also shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,

Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be grief.

And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”

For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come.

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.

“For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

You have put gladness in my heart, More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.

He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him.

Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.

As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works.Let your garments always be white, And let your head lack no oil.Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy.I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.

The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”

“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain 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 come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. 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 who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

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

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

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

It is a joy for the just to do justice, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

By transgression an evil man is snared, But the righteous sings and rejoices.

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

Rejoice always,

The Lord reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad!

This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.

You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.

But let the righteous be glad; Let them rejoice before God; Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.

For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

Likewise, 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 indeed 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 having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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

Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom 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.

Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; 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 rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.

For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy name.

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation.

Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord has done great things for us, And we are glad.

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

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee 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.

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

Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod.So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.

Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

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

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God.

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You.

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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