27 Bible Verses about humor

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.

Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!

And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.