25 Bible Verses about Laughter

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Genesis 21:6

And Sara said, "God hath made me a laughingstock: for all that hear, will laugh at me."

Matthew 9:24

he said unto them, "Get you hence, for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth." And they laughed him to scorn.

Mark 5:40

And they laughed him to scorn. Then he put them all out, and took the father and the mother of the maiden, and them that were with him, and entered in where the maiden lay;

Luke 8:53

And they laughed him to scorn. For they knew that she was dead.

Job 39:18

When her time is, she flyeth up on high, and careth neither for horse nor man.

Job 41:29

He counteth the hammer no better than a straw, he laugheth him to scorn that shaketh the spear.

Psalm 52:6

The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall laugh him to scorn.

Habakkuk 1:10

They shall mock the kings, and laugh the princes to scorn. They shall not set by any strong hold, for they shall lay ordinance against it, and take it.

Psalm 2:4

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Psalm 37:13

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O LORD, shalt have them in derision, thou shalt laugh all the Heathen to scorn.

Proverbs 1:26

Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

Psalm 126:2

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. Then said they among the heathen, "The LORD hath done great things for them."

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Job 5:22

In destruction and dearth thou shalt be merry, and shalt not be afraid for the beasts of the earth:

Job 8:21

Thy mouth shall be full with laughing, and thy lips with gladness.

Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat I shall set drink before them, and they shall be drunken for joy: Then shall they sleep an everlasting sleep, and never wake, sayeth the LORD.

Luke 6:25

Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.

James 4:9

Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant of the Ammonites, and Geshem the Arabian heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, "What is this that ye do? Will ye fall away again from the king?"

2 Chronicles 30:10

And the posts went from city to city throughout the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and even unto Zebulun. But they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

Genesis 18:12-15

And Sara laughed in herself saying, "Now I am waxed old, shall I give myself to lust, and my lord old also?" Then said the LORD unto Abraham, "Wherefore doth Sara laugh saying, 'shall I of a surety bear a child, now when I am old?' Is the thing too hard for the LORD to do? In the time appointed will I return unto thee, as soon as the fruit can have life. And Sara shall have a son."read more.
Then Sara denied it, saying, "I laughed not." For she was afraid. But he said, "Yes, thou laughtest."

Psalm 22:7-8

All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads. "He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him."

From Thematic Bible


Laughter » Attributed to God

Psalm 37:13

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O LORD, shalt have them in derision, thou shalt laugh all the Heathen to scorn.

Proverbs 1:26

Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

Laughter » A time for

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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