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Bible Verses About Laughter
Find Bible verses about laughter — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about laughter?
The Bible addresses laughter with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Psalms 126:2
“Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."”
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Ecclesiastes 7:3
“Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.”
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Genesis 21:6
“Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me."”
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:6
“For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.”
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Job 8:21
“He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.”
James 4:9
“Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.”
Genesis 18:12
“Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"”
Ecclesiastes 2:2
“I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"”
Isaiah 53:7
“He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.”
Psalms 44:22
“Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.”
Proverbs 7:22
“He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.”
Acts 8:32
“Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.”
Ezekiel 21:10
“it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree.”
Romans 8:36
“Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."”
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