Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About laughter
12 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about laughter? Browse 12 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 17:22 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. like: or, to” |
12 Key Scriptures
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. like: or, to”
“Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy”
Job 8:21KJV
“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. hath: Heb. hath magnified to do with them”
Psalms 126:2KJV
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.”
Luke 6:21KJV
“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”
Genesis 21:6KJV
“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.”
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.”
“The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.”
Psalms 37:13KJV
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
James 5:13KJV
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”
Psalms 2:4KJV
“But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.”
Psalms 59:8KJV
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