Bible Verses About mirth
This collection includes 50 passages about mirth. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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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.
Scripture Passages
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
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.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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;
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
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.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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