24 Bible Verses about joking

So is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “Was I not joking?”

and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows and death,

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

“And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.

Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, “Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.

“I am a joke to my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

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

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.

Fools mock at sin,
But among the upright there is good will.

“They mock at kings
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress
And heap up rubble to capture it.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

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

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”

For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the word of the Lord has resulted
In reproach and derision all day long.

They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.