24 Bible Verses about joking

so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool,
so wisdom is for a man of understanding.

Now I am mocked by their songs;
I have become an object of scorn to them.

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.

I am a laughingstock to my friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Do not let your mouth bring guilt on you, and do not say in the presence of the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

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

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them, and I will reject the temple I have sanctified for My name. Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.

Fools mock at making restitution,
but there is goodwill among the upright.

They mock kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture it.

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”

All who pass by plunder him;
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.

But some sneered and said, “They’re full of new wine!”

For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.