25 Bible Verses about Laughter

And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh for me."

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs {at the future}.

he said, "Go away, because the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they ridiculed him.

And they began laughing at him. But he sent [them] all out [and] took along the father and mother of the child, and those [who were] with him, and went in to where the child was.

And they began laughing at him, [because they] knew that she was dead.

When it spreads its wings {aloft}, it laughs at the horse and its rider.

Clubs are regarded as stubble, and it laughs at [the] short sword's rattle.

And [the] righteous will see and fear, and will laugh at him, [saying],

And they themselves scoff at kings and rulers [are] a joke to them. They laugh at every fortification, and they heap up earth and take it.

[He who] sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs. The Lord derides them.

[The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

But you, O Yahweh, will laugh at them; you will mock all [the] nations.

I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great [things] for these [people]."

Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and you shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.

Yet he will fill your mouth [with] laughter and your lips [with] a shout of joy.

At their becoming hot I will set their banquets, and I will make them drunk, so that they will fall into a swoon, and they will sleep {an everlasting sleep}, and they will not wake up," {declares} Yahweh.

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.

Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

But Sanballat the Horonite, the Ammonite servant Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard it, and they mocked and despised us, saying, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

And it happened [that] the runners were passing from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and up to Zebulun, but they were laughing at them and mocking them.

So Sarah laughed to herself saying, "After I am worn out and my husband is old, shall [this] pleasure be to me?" Then Yahweh said to Abraham, "What [is] this [that] Sarah laughed, saying, 'Is it indeed true [that] I will bear a child, now [that] I have grown old?' Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you {in the spring} and Sarah [shall have] a son."read more.
But Sarah denied [it], saying, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]: "{He trusts Yahweh}. Let him rescue him. Let him deliver him because he delights in him."