Bible Verses About Humor and Laughter

“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.”

“Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.”

“A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.”

“The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.”

“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”

“Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.”

“You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.”

“For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.”

“You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.”

“All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.”

“I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely. For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.”

“A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.”

“I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.”

“I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

“Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.”

“But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.”

“The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them, but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.”

“They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.”

“The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

“Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.”

“Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.”

“Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”

“If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.”

“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.”

“For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.”

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.”

“Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.”

“Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”

“But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.”

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.”

“Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.” She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

“Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.”

“I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.”

“So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.”

“You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”

“You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.”

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

“At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.”

“Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth — let your cry ring out, and sing praises!”

“Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.”

“The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy. The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.”

“Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.”

“Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.”

“A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth. It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile. Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool. Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this. Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner. Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings. Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city. Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness. And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared. “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation. While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman. Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

“Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy”

“When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.”