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.

till thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with hearty song.

And laughing I areckoned error, and I said to joy, What art thou, deceived in vain?

He that dwelleth in heavens shall scorn them; and the Lord shall bemock them.

In destroying made of enemies and in hunger thou shalt laugh, and thou shalt not dread the beasts of [the] earth.

He shall areckon an hammer as stubble; and he shall scorn a flourishing spear.

But the Lord shall scorn the sinner; for he beholdeth that his day cometh.

Be ye wretches, and wail ye [or weep ye]; your laughing be turned into weeping, and [your] joy into sorrow of heart.

Then our mouth was filled with joy; and our tongue with full out joying. Then they shall say among heathen men; The Lord magnified to do with them.

And thou, Lord, shalt scorn them; thou shalt bring all folks to nought.

And she laughed, saying privily, After that I waxed eld [or old], and my lord is eld [or old], shall I give diligence [or busyness] to lust?Forsooth the Lord said to Abraham, Why laughed Sarah, thy wife, saying, Whether I an eld [or old] woman shall bear a child verily?whether anything is hard to God? By the promise I shall turn again to thee in this same time, if I live; and Sarah shall have a son.Sarah was afeared for dread, and denied, saying, I laughed not. Forsooth the Lord said, It is not so, but thou laughedest.

Blessed be ye, that now hunger, for ye shall be full-filled. Blessed be ye, that now weep, for ye shall laugh. [Blessed be ye, that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed be ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.]

Time to weep, and time to laugh; time to bewail, and time to dance.

And I shall laugh in your perishing; and I shall scorn you, when that, that ye dread, cometh to you.

Ire [or wrath] is better than laugh-ing; for the soul of a trespasser is amended by the heaviness of his cheer.

Just [or Rightwise] men shall see, and shall dread; and they shall laugh on him,

Laughing shall be meddled [or mingled] with sorrow; and mourning occupieth the last things of joy.

And Sarah said, The Lord hath made laughing to me, and whoever shall hear shall laugh with me.

for as the sound of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughing of a fool. But also this is vanity.

A joyful soul maketh liking age; a sorrowful spirit maketh dry bones.

Strength and fairness is the clothing of her; and she shall laugh in the last day.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt [full-]fill me with gladness with thy cheer; delight-ings be in thy right half unto the end.

They that sow in tears; shall reap in full out joying.

For ye shall go out in gladness, and ye shall be led forth in peace; mountains and little hills shall sing praising before you, and all the trees of the country shall make joy with hands.

They said, The people is blessed, that hath these things; blessed is the people, whose Lord is the God of it.

thou hast given gladness in mine heart. They be multiplied of the fruit of wheat, and of wine; and of their oil.

They going, went, and wept; sending their seeds. But they coming, shall come with full out joying; bearing their handfuls.

Whether it is not better to eat and drink, and to show to his soul [the] goods of his travails? and this thing is of the hand of God.

And to each man, to whom God gave riches, and chattel [or substance], and gave power to him to eat of those, and to use his part, and to be glad of his travail; this is the gift of God.Speak thou not anything follily, neither thine heart be swift to bring forth a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou art on earth, therefore thy words be few.For he shall not think much on the days of his life, for God occupieth his heart with delights.

Therefore I praised gladness, that no good was to a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and to be joyful; and that he should bear away with himself only this of his travail, in the days of his life, which God gave to him under the sun.

Therefore go thou, just man, and eat thy bread in gladness, and drink thy wine with joy; for thy works please God.In each time thy clothes be white, and oil fail not from thine head.Use thou life with the wife which thou lovest, in all the days of the life of thine unstableness, that be given to thee under the sun, in all the time of thy vanity; for this is thy part in thy life and [thy] travail, by which thou travailest under the sun.

that I should set comfort to the mourners of Zion, and that I should give to them a crown for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a mantle of praising for the spirit of wailing. And strong men of rightfulness [or rightwiseness] shall be called therein, the planting of the Lord, for to glorify.

But ye shall have joy, and make full out joying till into without end, in these things which I make; for lo! I make Jerusalem full out joying, and the people thereof joy.And I shall make full out joying in Jerusalem, and I shall have joy in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of cry shall no more be heard therein.

Thy Lord God is strong in the middle of thee, he shall save [thee]; he shall make joy on thee in gladness, he shall be still in thy loving, he shall make joy withoutforth on thee in praising.

These things I spake to you, that my joy be in you, and your joy be full-filled.

Till now ye asked nothing in my name; ask ye, and ye shall take, that your joy be full.

But now I come to thee, and I speak these things in the world, that they have my joy fulfilled in them-selves.

Give thou to me the gladness of thine health; and confirm thou me with the principal spirit.

Mourning in the heart of a just [or rightwise] man shall make him meek; and he shall be made glad by a good word.

The Lord is mine helper and my defender; and mine heart hoped in him, and I am helped. And my flesh flowered again; and of my will I shall acknowledge to him.

Ye just [or rightwise] men, be glad, and make fully joy in the Lord; and all ye rightful of heart, have glory.

Thou hast turned my wailing into joy to me; thou hast rent my sack-cloth, and hast encompassed me with gladness.That my glory sing to thee, and I be not compunct; my Lord God, I shall acknowledge to thee without end.

Joy ye, and be ye glad, for your meed is plenteous in heavens; for so they have pursued also prophets that were before you.

His lord said to him, Well be thou, good servant and faithful; for on few things thou hast been true [or faithful], I shall ordain thee on many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

for to joy with men that joy, for to weep with men that weep.

For why the realm of God is not meat and drink, but rightwiseness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

A joyful heart maketh glad the face; the spirit is cast down in the mourning of soul.

All the days of a poor man be evil; a secure soul is a continual feast.

The light of eyes maketh glad the soul; good fame maketh fat the bones.

It is joy to a just [or rightwise] man to make doom; and it is dread to them that work wickedness.

A snare shall wrap a wicked man doing sin; and a just [or rightwise] man shall praise, and make joy.

Joy ye in the Lord evermore; again I say, joy ye.

Evermore joy ye;

The Lord hath reigned, the earth make full out joy; many isles be glad.

This is the day which the Lord made; make we full out joy, and be we glad therein.

serve ye the Lord in gladness. Enter ye in his sight in full out joying.

Abiding of just [or rightwise] men is gladness; but the hope of wicked men shall perish.

Ye shall draw waters with joy of the wells of the saviour.

Thou multipliedest folk, thou magnifiedest not gladness; they shall be glad before thee, as they that be glad in harvest, as overcomers make full out joy, when they have taken a prey, when they part the spoils.

Thy words be found, and I ate those [or them]; and thy word was made to me into joy, and into gladness of mine heart; for thy name, Lord God of hosts, is called to help on me.

And just [or rightwise] men eat, and make they fully joy [or full out glad they] in the sight of God; and delight they in gladness.

For thou, Lord, hast delighted me in the works of thy making; and I shall make full out joy in the works of thine hands.

And I say to you, so joy shall be in heaven on one sinful man doing penance, more than on ninety and nine just, that have no need to [or of] penance.

So I say to you, joy shall be before the angels of God on one sinful man doing penance.

Joy ye in that day, and be ye glad; for lo! your meed is much in heaven; for after these things the fathers of them did to prophets.

And God of hope full-fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye increase [or abound] in hope and virtue of the Holy Ghost.

Whom when ye have not seen, ye love; into whom also now ye not seeing, believe; but ye that believe shall have joy, and gladness that may not be told out, and ye shall be glorified,

And we write this thing to you, that ye have joy, and that your joy be full.

But though I be offered or slain on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I have joy, and I thank you all.And for the same thing have ye joy, and [together] thank ye me.

Israel be glad in him that made him; and the daughters of Zion make full out joy in their king.

And Jesus said to them, Whether the sons of the spouse may mourn [or wail] as long as the spouse is with them? But days shall come, when the spouse shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

And lo! they brought to him a man sick in palsy, lying in a bed. And Jesus saw the faith of them, and said to the man sick in palsy, Son, have thou trust; thy sins be forgiven to thee.

And joy and gladding shall be to thee; and many shall have joy in his nativity, or birth.

Nevertheless do not ye [have] joy in this thing, that spirits be subject to you; but joy ye, that your names be written in heavens.

And each day they dwelled stably with one will in the temple, and brake bread about houses, and took meat with full out joy [or with gladness] and simpleness of heart,

Much trust is to me with you, much glorying is to me for you. I am [full]-filled with comfort, I am plenteous [or I abound] in joy in all our tribulation.

I joying shall have joy in the Lord, and my soul shall make full out joying in my God. For he hath clothed me with [the] clothes of health, and he hath compassed me with [the] clothes of rightfulness [or rightwiseness], as a spouse made fair with a crown, and as a spousess adorned with her brooches.

Then a virgin shall be glad in a company, young men and eld together; and I shall turn the mourning of them into joy, and I shall comfort them, and I shall make them glad of their sorrow.

For our heart shall be glad in him; and we shall have hope in his holy name.

But my soul shall fully have joy in the Lord; and shall delight on his health.

I purchased thy witnessings by heritage without end; for those [or they] be the full [out] joying of mine heart.

The song of degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Zion; we were made as comforted.Then our mouth was filled with joy; and our tongue with full out joying. Then they shall say among heathen men; The Lord magnified to do with them.The Lord magnified to do with us; we be made glad.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye shall mourn and weep, but the world shall have joy; and ye shall be sorrow-ful, but your sorrow shall turn into joy.

Words well-set together is a comb of honey; health of bones is the sweetness of soul.

And now they that be again-bought of the Lord shall turn again, and shall come praising into Zion, and everlasting gladness on the heads of them; they shall hold joy and gladness, and sorrow and wailing shall flee away.

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

as sorrowful, and evermore joying [or but evermore joying]; as having need, but making many men rich; as nothing having, and wielding all things.

When thine enemy falleth, have thou not joy; and thine heart have not full out joying in his falling;

And David smote in organs fastened to his arm; and he danced with all his strengths before the Lord; and David was clothed with a linen surplice.And David, and all the house of Israel, led forth the ark of [the] testament or of [the] witnessing of the Lord in hearty song, and in sound of trump.And when the ark of the Lord had entered into the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, beheld by a window, and she saw the king skipping or hopping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Woe to you that be full-filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that now laugh, for ye shall mourn, and weep. [Woe to you that be filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now, for ye shall mourn, and weep.]

Then thou shalt see, and shalt flow; and thine heart shall wonder, and shall be alarged, when the multitude of the sea is converted to thee, the strength of heathen men is come to thee;

And he said to them, Go ye, and eat ye fat things, and drink ye wine made sweet with honey, and send ye parts to them, that made not ready to themselves, for it is an holy day of the Lord; do not ye be sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

for thou hast been mine helper. And in the covering of thy wings I shall make full out joy,

And the peace of God, that passeth all wit, keep your hearts and understandings in Christ Jesus.

and again-bought of the Lord; and they shall be converted, and shall come into Zion with praising; and everlasting gladness shall be on the heads of them; they shall have joy and gladness, and sorrow and wailing shall flee away.

Then on Almighty God thou shalt flow with delights; and thou shalt raise up thy face to God.

And all that hope in thee, be they glad; they shall make full out joy [into] without end, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all that love thy name shall have glory in thee;

and speak ye to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and saying psalm in your hearts to the Lord;and walk ye in love, as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God, into the odour of sweetness.evermore doing thankings for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God and to the Father.

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