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 shouting.

I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.

Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.

but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

But thou, O Lord, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?”The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son.”But Sarah denied, saying, “I did not laugh”; for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

“Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you that 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 panic strikes you,

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.

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

Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; every one who hears will laugh over me.”

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy!

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

Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the Lord!

Thou hast put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;

Every man also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and find enjoyment in his toil—this is the gift of God.Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

And I commend enjoyment, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and enjoy himself, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of life which God gives him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already approved what you do.Let your garments be always white; let not oil be lacking on your head.Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life which he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

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

Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

But now I am coming to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

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

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,that my soul may praise thee and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers.

An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

Rejoice always,

The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to naught.

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased its joy; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord, God of hosts.

But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy!

For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad by thy work; at the works of thy hands I sing for joy.

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.

And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.

Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

Let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King!

And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

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 rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts,

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult 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 a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Then shall the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

Yea, our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.

Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his deliverance.

Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart.

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and 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 everything.

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

And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with 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 horn.As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

“Woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger. “Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Then you shall see and be radiant, your heart shall thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine 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 the Lord is your strength.”

for thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy.

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

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.

But let all who take refuge in thee rejoice, let them ever sing for joy; and do thou defend them, that those who love thy name may exult in thee.

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

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