24 Bible Verses about joking

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

neither baseness, foolish talking, jesting, which are not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.

or like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death.

To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.

And now I am their song; yea, I am their byword.

And Lot went out and spoke with his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Get up and get out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons-in-law.

They are vanity, the work of delusion; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.

I am a laughing-stock to his friends; who calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;

But now also put off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, shameful speech out of your mouth.

Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; do not say before the angel that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,

then I will cut off Israel from the face of the land which I have given them. And this house which I have made holy for My name I will cast out of My sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people.

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.

Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the rulers shall be a scorn to them. They shall laugh at every stronghold, for he shall heap up dust and capture it.

Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing.

Let his days be few; let another take his office.

You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.

And it happened at noon Elijah mocked them and said, Cry with a great voice, for he is a god. Either he is meditating, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey; perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened!

All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a curse to his neighbors.

But others mocking said, These men are full of sweet wine.

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I cry violence and ruin; for the Word of Jehovah has been a reproach and a cause of mocking to me all day.

They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.