Bible Verses About Laughter

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

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

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

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

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

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

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

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

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.