24 Bible Verses about joking

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, 'Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as one mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

Vanity are they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.

A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.

but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.'

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

then I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My name I send away from My presence, and Israel hath been for a simile and for a byword among all the peoples;

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

And at kings it doth scoff, And princes are a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, 'Call with a loud voice, for he is a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

and others mocking said, -- 'They are full of sweet wine;'

Because from the time I speak I cry out, 'Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.

Vanity are they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.