25 Bible Verses about Laughter

And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.

Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

He said to them, Go back, for the little girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed Him to scorn.

And they laughed at Him. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those with Him, and went in where the child was lying.

And they ridiculed, knowing that she was dead.

At the time she lifts herself up on high, she scorns the horse and its rider.

Darts are counted as straw; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.

And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

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.

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; Jehovah shall mock at them.

Jehovah laughs at him; for He sees that his day is coming.

But You, O Jehovah, shall laugh at them; You will mock at all the nations.

I also will laugh at your trouble; I will mock when your fear comes;

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then they said among the nations, Jehovah has done great things with them.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh; neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

until He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.

In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk so that they may rejoice and sleep a never-ending sleep, and never awaken, says Jehovah.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.

Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.

Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us. And they said, What is this that you do? Will you rebel against the king?

And the runners passed from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun. But they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After my being old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I, who am old, truly bear a child? Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return again, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.read more.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.

All who see Me mock me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying, He trusted on Jehovah; let Him deliver Him; let Him rescue Him, since He delights in Him!