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What Does the Bible Say About Humor and Laughter?

Here are 16 Bible verses about Humor and Laughter, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 17:22

    A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

    BSBA joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

  2. #2Psalms 126:2

    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.

    BSBThen 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.”

  3. #3Job 8:21

    Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

    BSBHe will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

  4. #4Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

    BSBa time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

  5. #5Genesis 21:6

    And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

    BSBThen Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

  6. #6Proverbs 14:13

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

    BSBEven in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

  7. #7Proverbs 15:13

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

    BSBA joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

  8. #8Psalms 2:4

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

    BSBThe One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

  9. #9Luke 6:21

    Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

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

  10. #10Psalms 37:13

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

    BSBbut the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

  11. #11Ephesians 5:4

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

    BSBNor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

  12. #12Psalms 32:11

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

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

  13. #13Psalms 16:11

    Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

    BSBYou 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.

  14. #14Philippians 4:4

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

    BSBRejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

  15. #15Ecclesiastes 7:6

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

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

  16. #16Psalms 4:7

    Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

    BSBYou have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

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